Sounding rocket - editionprevious >>16761389
The satellite door bonks are a real return to form. This is one of those goofy non-consequential failures amid resounding success that I love Spacex for.
It actually deployed. guess ieat my hat. next step reentry WITHOUT theflaps being chewed to fuck
looking at what this door mechanism is, how the hell did they fuck it up the first time? lol. it's just a little door thing and some chains.
they're a little front heavy it seems
this is kinda lame compared to reverse parking a rocket into a skyscraper
>>16765859Who do you think operates the deployment? Hello?
>>16765821SUI (Single Use Indian) system has a jeet in a pressurized vessel just under the nose cone, with manual controls for ship systems. This vessel is not expected to be recovered, but the jeets believe they will reincarnate as a higher life form.
>test articles simulate multi million dollar sats >chucking them out like mcdonalds trays
Guess I'll delete door_stuck.jpg
ITS BEEN A LONG ROAD, GETTING FROM THERE TO HEREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQsrXLofMY
Ok but seriously who's the retard who decided to not put a single camera+starlink antenna on at least one pez
>>16765860The whole ship is just purchased on Amazon
>>16765880Flap-Chan has a tile armor now, she will be fine
They just need to have the deploy mechanism exted a but out of the door to stop bonking.
>>16765868>>16765873>>16765877The most reliable chain mechanisms are the way they are because of how they are
>>16765886Well, at least it's chucking 'em. Now it can finally be a Chuckster.
>>16765886alright, let's get this out onto a tray. nice.
>>16765859They are launching a paedophile into space next launch
how long before a chink rocket steals this deployment mechanism?
Now close the door
As impressive as this is, starships’s payload bay is still hella small and this is like the biggest thing they can launch lmao
CLOSE THE DOOR
Bets on the door closing now?
BUY STARLINK NOW!
>all simulators deployedNow this piece of shit just needs to get back to earth. Not bad Felon
>>16765900
>>16765890cant get aliens in the FOV, no wildcard cameras.
>>16765865F9 has to fling the stack all at once because it doesn't have any way to throw them one at a time...this lets them deploy with a lot better spacing instead of having the train
successfully emptied the trash canister into the indian ocean
The simulated payload will seek and destroy any Blue Origin assets.
Pizzas have been delivered
HopeGODS won
>>16765900that's V3 territory. Much too advanced for V2
>>16765902>>16765900Can't let you do that, Dave
>>16765879aktchually it's not an engineering problem but a technological problem, we just don't have the materials or the physics models required to prevent door bonks
Guys, are they going to close the door? Uhhhhhhhh
>>16765901MARS next year.
>>16765900don't, the rocket must be able to survive reentry with a failed door mechanism.
>>16765900YOURE ASKING TOO MUCH NOW
>>16765916Close?
>>16765900Wasn't in the specs, grok only vibe coded the door opening procedure
looks great
I’m more hyped by the Raptor relight demo in like 10 mins (T+ 37 mins)
>>16765901If you do not need to recover the starship you can make a flat top starship and put like 250 tonnes into orbit
>>16765881one idea is that they had a methane leak and it pressurized the cabin area enough that the door was stuck
>>16765915the door bonk is on purpose for spin stabilization
>>16765902HODOR
pew pew pew
ELON CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOOOOOOR
Six million?
hold on guys ill fast forward >>>>>>>>>>>
>>16765889I HAVE FAITH
my internet just flew over my house
>>16765924Don't do it Elon we need reentry data.
Based SpaceX making progressPlease g*d give us bases on the moon and mars
>>16765930kek
I forgot relight was a thing
>>16765923Best ULA cam quality:
these two look like every second couple at my college
space jams
Hell yeah space jams
COPV
doomers btfo
>>1676590510x over budget, 10x overduesuccessfully deployed slabs of metal, simulating 1970s tech! wow! xD
I liked it better when they played hold/jazz/orchestral music
DOORS CLOSED!!!
>spacex never heard of infrared cameras
DOOR IS CLOSED
>>16765897
Can someone send me a fax about how the landing went when I wake up, I have to go sleep now
How many animals got hearing damage for a bunch of throwaway junk?
did the door close I wasn't looking
>>16765932anonbecarefulwiththatbutton
I'm sorry Elon I cannot do that.
>>16765949CLODOR>>16765947CLODOR
>>16765951post your fax # dummy
>>16765945wrong, you don't know the budget or timeline
Why is the camera shaking...
relight at 37
I'm glad that the despair era of /sfg/ is coming to an end.
>>16765948elon notoriously despises any cameras besides what you can find on a cell phone
>>16765953yes. Closing the door is easy.
APOLOGIZE
What the fuck is this japanese woman saying
HEY /sfg/ CHECK OUT THIS COOL GOLDFISH HAVE YOU PLAYED POKEMON XD GALE OF DARKNESS?
we are so back
>>16765962Ahaha, silly anon. Doomposting will never end. Just wait until IM-3.
Nazi space science is supreme!
>>16765960RCS firing.https://youtu.be/RwNDRlid0Sc
is thunderfaggot okay?
>>16765970wtf is that real
it's snowing! merry christmas!
>>16765965He is such a nigger I WILL NOT
>>16765965I'm glad AI has advanced enough to stop giving him specifically those disgusting warts on his cheeks
>>1676595813378008135
ELON JUST GAVE US AN UPDATEhttps://x.com/elonmusk/status/1960484761098707263
>>16765952i hope a lot
>>16765970is this real? I can't believe the pez dispenser worked
the chink looks pretty disgusted with beard guy
Yay now we can make sure the last humans who've managed to stay free from the internet get connected to it!
>>16765668Blackpill chads caused this success. Everything I hope for always fails to happen, so this flight I was really pessimistic and tense, thinking it would blow up every minute, the doors wouldn't open etc. The demon god that mocks me was tricked into making the flight meet its goals. I did this.
>>16765980concerning
>>16765960They're moving the set around outside for the next scene.
>>16765980Wow
>>16765980DON"T CLICK ITS KRYSTAL PORN
>>16765980I hate him so much
>>16765963>camera gives critical heat shield data>NO NOT LIKE THAT
>>16765889When we will get positive mood scifi back?
>>16765967Cute things!
>>16765963>he says while SpaceX has a shitton of ARRI Alexa 35 and LF to film launches
We’re still behind schedule don’t be deceived
>>16765992Nah fuck you
>>16765984>who've managed to stay free from non-government-approved opinions and factsUh...
>>16765989the real /sfg/ board culture
>>16765992A few more successes and people will come 'round.
>>16765970look at that cat go!!!!
SUNLIGHT
>>16765983she wants his BWC
>>16765975is what real
OH FUCK
>>16765992when people who like science fiction are put back in charge of science fiction
I'm going to need to buy shades for a future that's this bright.
ship is not oriented correctly for engine relight
>>16765992When america learns to build again. [Outlook uncertain]
>>16765959wrong, Elub predicted Mars landing in 2018, in June 2016, you cum slurper
Why not try catching them now? Elon tripping he cant do this like Falcon 9 he needs to get the most of every launch
>>16766005AIEEEE! Open the door quick!
at least play some Bach this is so generic
Making starship dildos RN, only $60 a pop
The door and delivery mechanism looked unreliable to me. It might jam like a printer. The rails might deform during ascent, or might ge obstructed by ice.
>>16765643Reminder an actual disgusting troon designed this SS VAB mount, bragged about it on discord, and then SN9 tipped over because of the shitty design
>>16766008It it though, it's heading east
>>16766000Based digits of hard work and determination.
I doubt it makes much of a better landing. Good chance of getting to the surface, but that shield will be in tatters.
>>16766014lilijunex approved?
>>16766015Who gives a shit its only for starlink not hls or mars
>>16766013But it's made by Tim!
SPEEN??
raptor relight soon
>>16766015move fast break things (you are a spiritual WOMAN)
>>16766008>he hasn't noticed the gradual rotation in preperation
>>16766022more like DIM!
>>16766015there was a 90% chance it would explode again, can't say I blame anyone for phoning it in. will probably improve from here
They are prob just reorienting it for relight
its happening
>>16766024
If they nail relight here, we might finally get actual payloads.
>>16766015Oh, I guess Mars is canceled then...
>raptor relightOH NO NO NO NO
>>16766021>astronauts get ejected onto the luanar surface like dinner plates
>>16766015>literally $50 solution
DO IT YOU FUCK
lol the commentator
>>16766034anon please this is a blue board.
>>16766031explains the 50% success rate
>SIKERELIGHT ALL OF THEM YOU COWARDS
It's time for Tangerine Palpatine to nationalize SpaceX
ONE WHOLE ENGINE
HOOOOOOOOOONK
Very nice
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH MY EYES
It's that easy
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS YES YES YES YES YES
>>16766032they aint doing it. ship is in an uncontrolled spin.
relight success
Beautiful
braaaaaap
RELIGHTBY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
Green?
plasma when?
N O M I N A LOMINAL
Shivers down my spine this is amazing
>>16766057At about 105km
orbital flight is next
The exhaust from that engine was the greenest shit ever. Not good.
>>16766057this is the best part
extremely onions
>>16766014too late
>>167660572 weeks
>>16766010This is such cope its not even funny>"Sure they did everything they said they were going to do but they are LATE so it DOESN'T COUNT!!"
It just works
>>16766053Whoop wrong photo
That was cool
Was that success or failure, looks like a lot of unburned gasses leaked at the end
why did it take so long to get a relight test?
Apologize to V2.
Who has the smug starship pepe? Someone needs to slap FLIGHT TEST 10 on it.
I got my shit together right during the first tests so this shit kept me going. I am sorry for doubting you MUSKCHAN
>>16765984thanks for reminding me that norm/11 is just around the corner
>>16766064No faith of the heart + you’re a troon + word filtered
>>16766057Flap-chan's moment is coming up
>camera shakingNANI!?
wtf happened to the flap
>>16766073Well, let's see her reenter first.
>>16766069>that colornot again
WHAT'S THAR SHIT HANGING ON THE FLAPS????
Don't worry guys, she's got this.
>>16766075SORRY MUSKCHAN
LOSS OF ATTITUDE CONTROL
>huge piece of metal hanging off flap
SPEENbros we are back!
>>16766067I'm sorry when did space x land on Mars? lmao*farts in your face*
>>16766056>Green?YOU ARE NOW GREEN! YOU ARE LIGHT GREEN! OR DARK GREEN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
SPINNING>SPINNINGBREAKING>BREAKINGSPINNING>SPINNINGBREAKING>BREAKINGSPINNING>SPINNINGBREAKING>BREAKINGSPINNING>SPINNINGBREAKING>BREAKINGSPINNING>SPINNINGBREAKING>BREAKING
These two comentators have something toghether for sure
Drilling to pierce the skies type shieet
PRAYERS FOR FLAP-CHAN
SPINNING AGAIN
>>16766084Fay is better
>>16766071They push unburnt fuel pre/post ignition to make sure the liquid oxygen doesn't fry any components.
>>16766073Nah it’s still a fucking kike nigger shitbox that set the whole program back an entire year if not more
>>16766069>we meant to do that because it looks cool
>>16766073I love this image
Now lets see how much of a melted piece of shit it's after this reentry.
what is the light they keep flying through?
It's time for the spectacular explosion we were all promised.
>>16766083Alien hacking probe (think FTL)
>>16766093WMAF a match made in heaven
so.... Thunderf00t status?
come on TARS
Why does it vent in pulses?
I like the new 3D orientation gizmo, makes it much easier to see what's going on
>>16766080it was on fire for ages. there was a massive engine bay fire. ship is on ire right now.
>>16766093they will employ her as the deluge system water supply for starship 11
>>16766103That's Jesus.
>spinningyall seeing things
>>16765999trips checked
The lemurs in Madagascar looking up and seeing this:
>10th flight >There's still engines failing I see this as an absolute failure
>>16766106great now i gotta hit the threads again
>>16766103Reflection off the RCS gas I think
this music makes me feel like an ayyyy
>>16766106amen
what is the point of vacuum optimized engines if they are just using the sea level ones for everything
It's pretty cool to see the reentry attitude, way steeper than I thought
It's not spinning. It looks very controlled.
>>16766112kek
Press the like button.
>>16766114Bro half the thread claimed spinning when they opened the pez door.l
>>16766126Just pressed it.
>>16766097Not better than Miyu.
you're all goddamn coomers
>>16766123Space plane phase of the flight
>>16766107shitter shattered
>>16766126I will not
Predictions now, does go boom?
>>16766127what if we're the ones that are spinning?
>>16766103Solar induced atmospheric waves
>>16766117tht's because you are stupid (and probably brown)
>>16766126>1 year later>still no new 3D moving modelNot watching.
>>16766130it's true, it's true,
>>16766093The yellow woman craves the white cock
Pretty plasma
>>16766103The sun
OH NONONONONO
Is it gay to fuck starship chan?
>took four V2 ships as sacrifice to reach this pointgrim
>Hazy orange lightLook, it made it to Mars!
SHE WILL MAKE IT
all is going according to keikaku
The fuck happened to the flap
that IS a chunk of flap right? that thing at the back?
>>16766123 Of course it's gonna come in sideways that's where the heat shield is
>>16766136You spin me right round, baby, right round.
>>16766107He said deploying a satellite doesn't impress him
That doesn't look good
flappy
Why is there tape hanging off the fin?
>>16766145this is how it reenters you fucking retard
V2 IS NOT MY FLAP CHAN
That flap is FUCKED
That's a really cool shot
>>16766151micro meteor impact
What's the solution for the tiles falling off every single time?
>>16766135WE GOIN TO BAHIA DONALD ALL DA WAY https://youtu.be/OMQerXNmUfk
>>16766140Corpse laughter
It's fucking fucked mate, big time
WE BELIEVE IN YOU FLAP CHAN
someone ask MU/TH/UR about the flap situation
I'm sick of this reusable flap meme.
>>16766164its unironically deliberate
>>16766156>on topprobably fine!
>>16766156Lol the steel tore open I think
LEND FLAP-CHAN YOUR ENERGY \O/
>>16766164Caulk.
We should rename it to the American Ocean
\o/cam on flap-chan, I believe in you!
how fucking hard is it to glue a tile to stainless steel
FLAP-CHAN IS OUR GIRL! GO FLAP CHAN GO
surely this flap won't fail!
>>16766164more glue
>>16766164crazy glue
>Flap compromised Columbia moment incoming
give flapchan your energy ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
>>16766174take my energy flap-chan (\^3^/)
>>16766164Deploy more like a shark rolling in new teeth.
WOAH
skirts fucked!!!
How are they ever going to reuse these things when the steel warps that badly on reentry?
OH SHIT FUCK O SHIT
What just happened LMAO
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NONONONONONONONONO
HOLY BALLS
BOOM
BOOM LOST AN ENGINE
OH SHIT
HAHAHAHAHA
>>16766178>fix something that shatters to something that stretchesbretty hard
UH OH
HAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
F
Was it suppose to do that?
AFT SKIRT IN TATTERS
ENGINE BAY TRYING TO SABOTAGE FLAP CHAN
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOPS
WE'VE BEEN HIT
>INSULATION AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERETHIS FUCKING HACK IS POLLUTING OUR ATMOSPHERE!!!!!!
FUG
HOLY FUCK
uhh
UMMMMMMMM
EXPLOSIONBREAKING UPEXPLOSIONBREAKING UPEXPLOSIONBREAKING UPEXPLOSIONBREAKING UPEXPLOSIONBREAKING UP
>>16766179did they hit a sat lol
IT JUST FUCKINF BLEW UP
COPV SABOTEURS CONFIRMED
it's over
LUDOKINO
GANBAREEEE
>ULA SNIPERULA SNIPER>ULA SNIPERULA SNIPER
*random catastrophic damage*>This is why we test
There's no way it makes it to splashdown now
ship chan ryona
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
>>16766204yes
>>16766204m-mass optimization
ALART!
IT WILL SURVIVE
IT'S STILL GOOD I THINK ANON!
shit's fucked
THE ULA SNIPER WAS SENT TO SPACE TO SABOTAGE THE RE ENTRY
ULA sniper longest shot
There's nothing at the skirt. prolly a deployed sat
>Skirt explosion
Does it still need to do the belly flop?
The great filter is COPV quality control
>ULA sniper has an orbital-class gunShould have aimed for Flap-chan, faggot
WHY IS IT FALLING SO SLOWLY?If they really wanted to push it to its limit they would point it down and light the engine and speed this up.
Way too much stuff ablating off
>>16766226More like CRASHdown
she's a tough girl, she can take it
>>16766237WATCH OUT ANON THERE'S A COCK IN THE SKIRT
pretty lightshow though
>>16766178qué?
BEZOS SABOTAGE
So beautiful
HOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLD
Vacuum bell looked slightly deformed
we tank those
>>16766236lmao
FLAP CHAN NOOOOOO
YOU'VE GOT A HOLE IN YOUR RIGHT FLAP
FLAPS ARE IN CQNTRQL
>>16766226flight 4 was worsemight be fine
HAVE FAITH
>>16766246What could go wrong
>wing is damagedits over
I have faith in the flaps
Holy kino this camera angle
inb4 that tank fucking exploding has no impact on landing
LMAO NICE ENGINE BAY MUSKY.
If she makes it to splashdown I'll never doubt again
fuck that is beautiful
>>16766256HANG IN THERE FLAP-CHAN! YOU'VE ENDURED WORSE!
Thunderchads stay winning
STILL GOING
flap took some damage as well
>>16766262>wing
>>16766262>actual bullet holesWTF THE SNIPER IS REAL
Shit's on fire, yo
aaand it's burning through
SHES TAKING QUITE A WALLOP CAPTAIN
>glue a tile to stainless steel>chill the steel to cryogenic temps while holding the tile to hot texas summer temperatures>throw both of them through supersonic air>now vacuum>now heat the tiles to thousands of degrees through reentry>also supersonic btw>WHAT THE FUCK WHY ARE THESE TILES FALLING OFF????
GANBATTE FLAP-CHAN
Flaps are in control
>squiggles everywhere
flapchan likes it rough
that flap looks good
here comes the sun doodoodooodoooo
Nice test>let's remove tiles from the skirt>skirt blows up>yeah uhhh we need tiles on the skirt
NO BURN-THROUGH
>Clear-chan's lewd gasp looking at the plasmayou love to see it :3
HER FEET ARE GETTING BURNT CAPTAIN
same 1 problem
BROTHER I CAN TAKE IT
>>16766262nigga we had one land with 20% of the wing attached
I CAN SEE IT FLAPPING
>>16766278They clearly need reuseable tiles with their own mini boosters.
>>16766287We aren't at peak heating yet.
>same hot spot
Flap’s getting raw dogged big time
flapchan has a flap
>>16766273Well, it is a space plane after all
>MELTING THROUGH AT THE SAME POINTS NICE V2 UPGRADE
lmao that bit of flap flapping. flap-chan is a dom
Needs more duct tape
SHE'S MELTING
>>16766287spoke too soon..
ITS OVER
>>16766286Jajajajja lmaoo
:(
The flap is flopping
flap getting fucked lmao
>piece of debris flapping aroundNew meaning for "flap" I guess
EVERYTHINGS ON FIRE
CAM ON FLAP-CHAN
Damn, that's 3mm steel flapping like tape in the wind.
just make it to daylight
Why has no drawfag made flap-chan into an abused 1920s flapper girl yet?
>energetic event in the aft engine compartment
that's pretty as hell
>>16766301SPACE PLANE YES
>>16766309You spin me right round baby right round
looks like that raptor is vacuuming
HOLDHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD
Are you enjoying the show?
IT'S GETTING A LITTLE TOASTY CAPT'N!!
Engine 6 looks like an anime energy canon powering up.
approaching the horizon
They want to put people inside this thing btw
>>16766323kino...
woah
HOLY
These godlike views were brought to you by StarlinkGodspeed, Flap-chan.
>>16766331Yeah me
>>16766331YEAH (YOU) ANON!
DA URF
Holy fuck it’s moving so fast across the surface of Earth >>16766331I’d do it
I guess the new flap design works? no burn throughthe aft flaps and the skirt getting fucked were due to testing the limits
>>16766298I'd be shocked if it were a different hotspot
>Some lower wing damage appearing
>>16766275everything will be fine
It's disintegrating
>>16766340not that one, the other got melted through
so pretty
>>16766307DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!!!
>G force>attitude Hell yeah they're are pampering us
STARSHIP HAVING A MELTY
>>16766331Any capsule or even the shuttle are way more retarded as a human rated vehicleAlso they are testing
>>16766340Love seeing that "curve" best camera view
>>16766345Cozy.
just a little burnt it's still good
>>16766342>massive fireball behind the craft and half of the flap gone>yeah there's some minor cosmetic damage but nothing that affects flight characteristicsflap-chan is... strong...
>>16766350I love SpaceX so much it’s unreal
PAST PEAK HEATING
PAST PEAK HEATING>PAST PEAK HEATINGPAST PEAK HEATING>PAST PEAK HEATINGPAST PEAK HEATING>PAST PEAK HEATINGPAST PEAK HEATING>PAST PEAK HEATINGPAST PEAK HEATING>PAST PEAK HEATING
>past peak heatingSHE'S GONNA MAKE IT
past peak heating
THE FLAPS ARE CONTROLLING
Oh they closed the door?
>0.8 Gdamn, I wonder what that feels likecan people even survive that?
How are they able to get the Starship into view of the bouy so accurately when it's getting raped about the sky?
>continuous 0.8 G for 15 minutescomfyflight attendants will hand out snacks at this time
Aft flaps getting rekt
>Captain, maybe we ought to turn on the searchlights>No... That's just what they'll be expecting us to do
fuck is too low to fall over india
>>16766352shuttle yeah but capsule? those are proven and hard to fuck up
God she can really take a beating
>past peak heating>approaching higher oxygen concentration get ready to stream sparks
HOLLLLLLYYYFUUUUUCKINGKIIIIIIIIINO
Slamming face first into a brick wall made of oxygenated plasmaLet's fucking goooooooooooooo
What are those yellow streaks going by?
CONTROL IT CONTROL IT FUUUCK
if we could hear this, what would this sound like?
>>16766366Dangerous, but some will survive.
Find yourself a girl like Flap-chan, bros. This girl survives it all.
>>16766378bits of the ship
Kino
look at those clouds down bellow
>>16766380RAWWWWRRR
>>16766370Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines...
THEY'RE LOOKING BRIGHT ON THE JOINTS
>>16766365They sucked the superheated air in the open door and then chilled it with the remaining liquid ox to protect the rest of the ship.
>>16766380SPAAAAAAACE
>>16766378molten steel
>>16766378Lost souls
FLAP-CHAN!! YOU CAN DO IT!!
I don't see a future where this shit will ever be reusable.
>>16766380windy
>>16766367that is literally 70 year old tech anon
>>16766380WHHHHOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHandFFFFFFFFFWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH
HOOOOODDDDLLLLLL!
stop looking at her flaps
a bit of burn through on one of the the aft flaps
>>16766378ULA precision sniper shots missing their mark
fuckin VERTICAL AAAAAAAAAAA
>>16766401A "bit".
>>16766385The speed is unbelievable
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH IT BURNS IT BURNS AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
That stupid dangling thing fucked up the flap
>>16766383And they want this heat shield to be reusable? Lmao
lil' bit of spicy wing, nothing to worry about.
>>16766401This was from the explosion earlier.
>1.9G
fucking amazing
HODL!!!!!!
>>16766401This is like a slow strip tease. Hot stuff.
Godlike framerate
uh oh, flappy having a melty
MAJOR, I'M BURNING UP
Makes my hemorrhoids sting.
was it the the back flap that caused the skirt to boom?
>>16766404Looks like a branch chucked into a campfire
SKIRT MELTING
>The brake! Pull the red handle!
Didn't need that piece of flap anyway
brutal flap erosion
its melting
>1000+ repliesWhat happened?
SHE'S GONNA MAKE ITSHE'S GONNA MAKE IT!!!
>that AoAwew
oooooooooh my god the oxidation coloring on the body
Peak temperature but not peak heat transfer
IT'S COOLINGWE'RE GONNA MAKE IT
That melted metal technically counts as payload. Classic Elon juking the numbers.
>>16766411>i dare you to jump out of your seat and do a pushup right now lol>aight bet
>>16766419merely intentional
>>16766426Flaps are in control trust the shield
Not gonna be much left at the bottom
>>16766425Not as bad as flight 6
>>16766427IT'S HAPPENING
Foeword
FLAPS BEING PUSHED TO THEIR LIMITS
>2.5GHow are people supposed to survive in this death trap?
>>16766427Flap of the heart happened, anon.
JESUS
YOU CAN DO IT AFT-FLAP
Can they duct-tape this?
Flap chan got fucked hard
Australians your lives are in danger wake up its morning
ANSWER PLEASE are they doing the belly flop?
wtf is this dolphin diving test
Wobbly
this is so fucking kino oh my god
PLASMA AINT NO THANG
I wish the flaps were inside me.
>>16766430UUUNNNF
>>16766427Successful Starship launch.>>16766443They're purposefully stress testing it to see what it can handle.These flights aren't normal flights, they're tests.
FLAP-CHAN FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AND WINNING
flap harder!!!! need to keep it in the air!!!!
STOP ROCKING THE BOATWE ARE GOING TO CAPSIZE
barely over 2g despite the huge deceleration
/sfg/ going to have a flap fetish after this.
FLAP-CHAN!!SHE'S MOVING!!!FLAP-CHAN LIVES!!!FLAP-CHAN LIVES!!
>>16766378Beetles
What was peak G force?
"Flaps are earning their paycheck today"Little whores.
>>16766443Fucking retarded faggot its horizontal G on the x axis you can pull like 30g its the Y axis that jet pilots suffer
>flat surfaces pushing into 8k km/h airjesus
>starship is trans
can the starship team take a weekend break from spacecraft and design a washing machine for the general marketI want one as durable as this
Starship is GAY and RAINBOW [math]\unicode{x1F621}[/math]
>>16766467I saw 2.1
>>167664672.2g
>>167664672.2 I think
>>16766447>>16766456>>16766457Why did this kill Columbia but now 4 starships have survived this?
>>167664622.0G is 10x more acceleration than 1.1G
It's got a bunch of holes btw
>>16766470It's pretty thin air, tee bee h
>Engine bay skirt has really been ripped to pieces.>Rear flaps are starting to melt at the base of the back end. Looks like there's still plasma leaking through the hinges.
>>167664672.3 for a fraction of a second
>>16766467I saw 2.2
>>16766474>>16766475>>16766476It went way higher, 2.4-2.5 at minimum
>>16766476>>16766475>>16766474Damn not bad at all, I'd have pulled 24Gs in KSP
>>16766477flap-chan is just built different
>>167664782X
MAP colors on the ship lol
>>16766477Aluminium vs steel
>>16766443by getting NeuralLink and uploading their brains into TeslaBots
They put that bitch vertical at supersonic speed in the thick of the atmosphere and it tanked it like nothing. Amazing
>>16766472there's a reason starship is roughly 250,000x the price of a washing machine
>>16766477aliens
>>16766480True but the attitude change was massive, must've been a hell of a force
>>16766477Columbia's wing burned through and it fried a bunch of sensors and whatnot, then they lost control and it all over.
hope the midget inside, who filmed sat deployment, is ok
whale impact possibility status?
good morning sars
So... how is the Starship supposed to be refurbished and reused within 1 hour?Everything looks fucking burnt?
>>16766488its 10x if you are going up
Decelerating WAY high up to avoid the overpressure that the booster causes
uh, engine status for landing burn?
>>16766477S T A I N L E S S S T E E L
>>16766478There are more Gs of sand then there are stars in my known butthole
the best part of this is that it means it won't be another 10 years until the next launch
Can they see it?
>>16766489I keep hearing that, what does MAP stand for
>>16766481and it will still land
>>16766489Is that an acronym to something
>>16766503engine not needed
37 IS OUR GIRLTHE CURSE IS DEAD, NOW DO THE TWIRL
What was the skirt "explosion", it looked like an impact?
HOLY FUCKING KINO
My god, the clouds look beautiful.
>>16766509Minor-Attracted Personone of those LGBT fellas
besides the 1 engine out on ascent and the donk-ing of payloads out the door, seems to be a rather successful test. let's see how the flip goes....
>Gets shot down by indian Mig-25
Absolute kino
>>16765522Shitluminum
>>16766508Probably once it's between 7-12km
holy shit it's gonna make it
Why don't they just leave the bottom bit off if it's gonna burn up every time? Doesn't seem like it needs it.
>>16766509minor attracted person
is this the first daytime reentry? super kino right now
>>16766521it's not anywhere near india
>>16766497He gets burned up, but it's a small sacrifice.
she just doesn't die
>>16766516controlled demolition of skirt
pov: coming home from a long stay on mars
fully and rapidly reusable heat shield btw.
>>16766477https://youtu.be/vmi_NeVRx1s
Fuck that looks amazing, I'm so hard
>>16766508you can see surprisingly far from cruise altitude
HAHA CLOUDS GET FUCKED
FLAP-CHAN YOU CAN DO IT DON'T FLOP WE BELIEVE IN YOU FLAP OF THE HEART
HAHA FUCK YOU CLOUDS
CONGRATULATIONS
orange belly
BUOY!!!!!
WHY IS IT ORANGE
wtf it had diarrhea
BASED BUOY
SO fucking precise
uh
THEY FUCKING NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIGHT ON TARGETTHEY FUCKING DID IT
landing looked a little hard
KINO
HOLY FUCK WOW
Her belly got COOKED
That didn't hover so good
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
NO FUCKING WAY
TOTAL SPACEX VICTORY
>SUCCESSTOTAL SUCCESS LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
CLAP CLAP ANON ANON
Impressive. But that's supposed to be a controlled hover eventually.
HOLY SHIT THEY DID IT, ACTUALLY REIGNITED DESPITE LOSING THE SKIRTBUILT LIKE A TANK
ok i actually jizzed
Success.
She got a little toasty but she brought it home!
So basically a perfect test flight.
I APOLOGIZE ELONI KNEEEELLLLL
WERE SO FUCKING BACK
Let's go boys
Uncanny how easy it is
HOLY FUCKING SHITWE DID IT BROS
s-she did itour girl did it
Good one
THANK YOU ADULT JESUS
KATE
fuarrck yes
REDEMPTION ARC COMPLETE
THUNDERKEKS ON SUICIDE WATCH
Need a gif of that posthaste.
Taskes failed successfully
why as it soorange when it landed?
NEXT LAUNCH IN TWO WEEKSAND THEN A WEEK AFTER THATWE'RE GETTING 15 LAUNCHES THIS YEAR
she cant WAIT to gag on his starship RN
SAAARS WE LANDED IT SAAR
We're so back.
>>16766550I mean, it's the indian ocean...
>Member Musk’s Melties?I FORGIVE HIM
Doomer sissies lost
>>16766549all the tiles melted off
why is it orange thoughbeit
How wet are her cute little panties?
>>16766574Pretty much.
>>16766574Eh the relight went wrong it usually hovers but close enough
>>16766603Shuttle homage
BASED BASED BASED
>>16766592shuttlefication
onto V3can't wait
God Damn.
>>16766574basicallyit didn't blow up even if they went beyond the normal flight envelope
>>16766481it's nothing compared to flight 3 or whatever it was
Are they going to fly one more V2 ship?
inb4>STARSHIP EXPLODES IN 10TH HORRIFIC FAILURE FOR ELON MUSK'S SPACEX
>>16766592evolving into the space shuttle
>>16766609
>>16766603ablative underlayer was ablating probably
>>16766603burnt/rusted through
>>16766603>We have SLS at home
>>16766603It identifies as SLS now
>NAYSAYERS GET FUCKEDNAYSAYERS GET FUCKED>NAYSAYERS GET FUCKEDNAYSAYERS GET FUCKED>NAYSAYERS GET FUCKEDNAYSAYERS GET FUCKED>NAYSAYERS GET FUCKEDNAYSAYERS GET FUCKED>NAYSAYERS GET FUCKED
WE NEED WEBMs
>>16766603Second degree burn
Great success now I sucky sucky your big white cock
Brought to you by $12 Epic Bacon
>>16766535I hope they bring a 2nd set of flaps to mars, because the ship will have to do that twice.
>>16766603
>>16766609kek
>>16766603Your new SLS:
>>16766603re-entry go burn hot
webm anon whip up the skirt explosion please <3
>>16766603We wanted ORANGE. Or did you want lemon-lime?
>>16766612well it didn't blow up until they forgot to catch it (lel)
I came
>>16765984>humans>>>>humansthat's exactly the problem, most of the unconnected ones are not human.
Gonna bully doomers now. Gonna be a full on spaceist.
>>16766604tight little piece, only reason she is there
>USAUSA>USAUSA>USAUSA>USAUSA
FUCK YEAH
>>16766603100% reusable!*farts in your face*
>>16766603>>16766592It was secretly a space shuttle
>>16766610still one v2 stack left
F00T status?
>exploded right at the endWell, maybe 11th flight test the charm? Maybe it'll be a success next time...
I want to fuck a milf after a launch
Haterbros... we lost..
uh, so when will heatshield be reusable?
>>16766637my flaps are augmented
when's the next one, though
>>16766603stainless steel isn't stain-proof. it only stains less
Was it supposed to explode at the end.Hoped for a recovery, would be cool to get their hands on the wreckage for material analysis
>>16766603Cosplaying as a cigarette butt
>>16766649tender
back to my home board, see ya later nerds
>>16766604imagine taking her back to her apartment with her giggling the entire way, then destroying her sopping wet CUNNY
>>16766647That's a submarine
>>16766649acked
>>16766650he is calling suicide hotline
>>16766614yes probably, could test even more aggressive manuevers if thats necessaryv3 ship is still being built
Thanks for the insight scott
>>16766658yes that's normal. it lands softly then falls over
>>16766650STUMPED THE THUMP
We're so fucking back bros.
>>16766664>cunny
>>16766650Needs to be flatter.
>>16766666WHAT QUINTS?
>Full success>No investigation>No big fixesWe flying again soon.
>>16766623This. I am going to be so fucking obnoxious
>>16766603>"heat shield" paint burns off>NASA logo visibleFelon HUSK at it again
thunder bros? our response?
Honestly, solid test. Some hiccups in the engine bay, but the best flight of Block 2 by far. NOW SOME ACTUAL FUCKING PAYLOADS, PLEASE
So this was just the Flight 4 equivalent for V2 after all.
Thundercuck: they are still trying to reach the goals of flight 1
>>16766669I cannot believe that felon husk crashed spacejunk into a whale.
Aft Flaps finely toasted but the forward ones looked fine all the way thru re-entry
>>16766658I gotta wonder if they had FTS set up to blow on landing to keep it ITAR safe.
>>16766681They tested engine relightThey're cleared for orbit tests now
survived some mild melty and also a skirt kaboom. not bad.
Cross-range sisters we won
I really fucking needed this
>>16766673I'm using the bodybuilding.org misc definition of CUNNY, not the r9k/a definition.
>>16766658A deluge system doesn't work when it's on the way down and the deluge is the whole ocean.
That explosion must have hurt some fishes, I demand an investigation on marine life safety
>>16766651Self-destruction, you can't have US space secrets just floating out there in the Indian Ocean without a US carrier group standing by.
>>16766666Go away samefag pedo
...why is everyone saying this was a success? It literally exploded at the end...
>>16766683this went much better than flight 4, that was kilometers off the landing site
>>16766677The sooner we get a flight, the longer the gap until Flight 12.
>>16766687chinese fishing fleet status?
So what will they call Flight 13?
>>16766696go back to /mlp/ faggot
>>16766701already there
don't forget that it also LANDED LIKE 5 METERS FROM THE BUOY. But they've done accurate landings with F9 500 times so I guess not that impressive given
>>16766673>>16766692Asian girls are basically legally fuckable children anyway.
>>16766683by this rate it will be flight 18 (2028) when v3 doesn't explode
>>16766690Imagine if the orbiters were girls and they kissed haha
>>16766668So it will probably be at least 3-4 launches before going orbital, deploying real starlinks, or catching ship?
>>16766680>sub-orbital
Australian anons almost got bombed from orbit.
>>16766680>heat shield completely burns away>steel warped and brittled by the heat>huge flap burnthroughfully and rapidply reusable btw
>>16766695They don't need it in the gulf but yeah if fisherman Chang just happens to be there, can't have that.
>>16766707only after they've had a dozen surgeries and a pound of makeup
>>16766701divers currently recovering hardware
>>16766706It’s like the most impressive thing humans have ever done but also totally normal and boring because the company doing is simply does extraordinary new things every month lol
>>16766698It ruptures when it falls over it is meant to be caught lol
Beginning VP9 webm work as soon as the file is downloaded
>>16766706it's like I said here >>16766396this is oddly the easy part
>>16766707>Asian girls are basically legally fuckable children anyway.Isn't that women in general doe?
Any reason go for a retrieval on the first stage?
*explodes*
>>16766712been there done that, paid the fine
>>16766712just like my japanese animes
>>16766710yeah I guessone v2, then 2 v3s in a row before ship catchafter that orbital (assuming musk hasn't changed the priority, last time it was demonstrating ship catch as soon as possible before anything else)
>>16766680did you not see the explosion at the end, kekwlmao
>>16766722*Not to rather.
>>16766719god bless
>>16766722Cleaning up your damn mess?
Kino kino kino, good fun gents
so... when will Felon Husk catch Starship with chopsticks?
if I were elon I'd just go for actual starlink deployments for the next one. why not?
>>16766722don't want narcos with space launch capability
>>16766725I only just found out today that this line came from metal gear solid
>>16766721Yeah.
>>16766713they removed heat shield tiles on purpose for testing purposes and the angle of attack was more aggressive for testing as well
>>16766603Oxidized metal
>>16766603its telling us shuttle was the optimal design, just mount it in reverse on the tank
>>16766733Next week
Alright bros. How long until Flight 11?
>>16766734>why not?because it didn't get into orbit. The satellites would just fall down on the ocean 30 minutes later
>>16766706The maneuvering problem seems like much easier than with the boosters. There is no slam hover you have plenty of time in the subsonic regime to tweak the trajectory.
ChopsTix catch next?
>>16766733two weeks
>>16766743two weeks
>>16766725
>>16766579rapidly reusable
>>16766743>>16766742
>>16766726Seems to be reuse is the focus, so I'd bet heat shield iteration is up there before reentering over land
so what are the space nerds on xitter saying about this?dont feel like booting up my desktop (I deleted twitter on my phone and laptop)
>>16766743An hour. What did you think rapid reusability meant? Vibes? Tweets?
The Guardian: Elon Musk's Starship test ends in fiery explosion:They had this ready. And they didn't even use the right picture.https://x.com/TheGuardian/status/1959291133667803313
>>16766733FELON BLUMPFSK WILL NOT BE LITTERING OUR SKIES AGAIN!!!!!!!
>>16766722All that metal in all that saltwater? Not really. I was hoping for chopsticks just to piss off thunder.
>>16766734because then the vehicle would have to reach orbit
>4 leaf clover bros winninghttps://x.com/KenKirtland17/status/1960503434005897603
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1960502331247878264
>>16766756kek you faggot
>>16766764>nine monthsFlight 10 was the baby, then, I guess
>>16766756
>>16766754https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/1960503648720507340
>>16766514you are looking at that flap on the surface of mars and thinking how the hell are we going back to earth
>>16766767starship gestation?
>>16766756Ehhh? That's about ship 36 though
>>16766765>getting permission to catch the first V3 shiplol
*burned like a Tesla Grilled Cheese*
>>16766714The booster or the orbiter? The former splashed down in the Gulf of America after simulating engine out, the latter in the Indian Ocean where the camera buoy is.
>>16766768>>16766766Works every time.
>>16766770>going back to earth
>first successful Starship test in 9 months>perfectly executed flight, payload delivery, reentry and splashdown>more people care about le celebrity engagement people don't deserve spaceflight
>>167667342 paths of starship:>rush starlink deployments. Being able to actually make 1 starship a week out of the gigafactory is more important than 100% reliability>mars / NASA moon lander contract. Focus on the next milestone (fuel transfer). Ensure maximum reliability. (mars and moon paths split up later)
So when elon says he’ll right for H1B jeet rights everything goes to shit.But the second he throws up a St. George flag and say “white is right” everything goes perfectly.Lots to learn here…
>>16766770Weld a plate over it, it'll be fine
>>16766756This is going to make me into a furry.
>>16766769
Can we get IFT-11 in one month? Two fortnights.
>>16766778now you understand why democracy was, and remains, a mistake.letting normie retards decide who gets to have power in government is the stupidest idea anyone has ever had ever.
>>16766778to be fair it is big news
>>16766774Do you think the burnt parts protect the rocket from future burning kind of like a thin layer rust slows down further erosion?
>>16766780really makes you think
Thank god for the archives, 1000 post maximum for a stickied thread is fucking retarded
>>16766734You're retarded.
>>16766779making a fuckton of ships is the path to 100% reliability though?
>>16766778>>16766785We need a new ideology based on spaceism.
>>16766785When are you moving to China/Russia?
>>16766756Meanwhile in reality
>>16766774She is showing her true colors.
>>16766795Sex
guess what fellastomorrowTOMORROWis aFalcon 9 starlink launch
>>16766797>SpaceX splashed down
new aerial angle just before explosion
>>16766797that's Gay anon.
>>167668011/20th the bandwidth of a Starship Starlink launchnothing burger
>>16766793when Elon defects to China/Russia
>>16766784How long is that in weeks?
>>16766777permanent colony, one million people,...good luck finding anyone willing to go if there is no option to come back
>>16766756I can't believe The Guardian would post something so based
starship: landedeggs: measured
>>16766803kek, missed that
>>16766801The days of Falcon 9 are coming to an end
>>16766787It's not ablation. It's catastrophic damage. Better than exploding, but it sure ain't reusable.
>>16766809I would go,
>>16766809we'll force them to. I don't see the problem.
>>16766810They didn't, that's the article title in the New York Times
>>16766809getting people to go is the easiest part of all of this
Looney Tunes theme
>>16766818>we'll force them to. I don't see the problem.Do you really want Australian 2.0
>>16766819>didn't click the link
>>16766811Liberals: ownedKrystal porn: coomed to
I really hope we see a proper speen again at some point with that nifty new attitude indicator, would be a waste not to see it properly used
>>16766823so.... what was it? COPV?
>>16766823engine skirt is literally optional, mostly there for cosmetic reasons(evidence: v3)
good work on the puzzle team
>>16766823What caused it?Was there some gas inside that metal bar that got superheated?
Uh guys?
>>16766823vax status?
>>16766789prease understandu 4chan run on mac mini in mom basement>>16766793we should have a managed democracy where only certain people that pass basic conceptual tests (breakfast test for example) are allowed to vote.People that don't understand hypotheticals or second order effects are too mentally handicapped for their opinion to matter when deciding important things like who gets to run government.It's like letting children run the household. They do everything that makes them feel good, like eat buckets of ice cream and blowing all of the money on toys and candy, without thinking about the real world consequences. The reason things are so shit now is because of the feelings first people consistently vote for policies that make them feel good rather than policies that are actually good for the country. Hence why there are millions of jeets and illegals flooding the job market and making it impossible for normal people to get jobs.
the hasty cobbling of the static fire jig also worked well. good jerb starbase slaves
>>16766778Taylor Swift finally lost her virginity
>>16766833It's on the exact opposite side as an attitude thruster, so I think a hypergolic exploded
>>16766834>pedosky>hates Starshipmakes sense>>16766832You're still not allowed to post this even when it's censored
>>16766823lmfao whoopsies!
>>16766778We have 8 billion + useless eaters.
>>16766830skirt is not needed for booster v3, ship is another thing!
>>16766795I understand flat earthers. How can this thing even be real?
I worked on those tiles. feels good
>>16766834>Now on Bluesky>Posts on XLel.
>It appears the entire "Tile" side of the ship is gone??The DC-3 of Spaceflight.
reminder we still have 1 or 2 more V2's to be launched
>>16766823I think they hit a starlink simulator lol
>>16766850get better at your job idiot.
>>16766828maybe, or RCS thruster
>>16766808Two more weeks, twice.
>NSF shilling photos
Flight 11 when
>It also looks like the landing was right on time, and right on the intended location (by the floating buoy... Give them that.
>>16766852V4 will have a third layer
>>16766863two weeks
>>16766850Congrats but also y’all need a new way of mounting them
>>16766850>feels goodwhat feels good? they're nowhere near being reusable
>>16766861Go back to posting your random cat girls, /b/tard.
>>16766785Why is it the democratic nation that's so far ahead with space then?
>>16766841There are no hypergolics on Starship
how exciting
>>16766876the SpaceX steamroller continues
>>16766833Spacebirdstrike
>>16766850check out this new idea I had..... the heatshiled is layers of CERAMIC CHAINMAIL, DRAPED OVER THE SHIP.You take it off and on like wearing a new shirt....Tell Musk to ring me up, I make next gen dash cameras in Japan.
>>16766841thoiught they solved the copv issue>>16766874it's far ahead in space in spite of liberal retards trying their hardest to kill this country, especially liberal women. they are the worst offenders when it comes to feelings first voting. they complain about the streets not being safe and then go out and defend importing millions of people from countries where rape is commonplace and accepted
>>16766876How much does Northrop even make from Cygnus if they have to pay SpaceX for a launch?
>>16766884More than they would if they launched it on an antares lol
>>16766841Ah, that explains it then. Thanks anon.
>>16766876That is almost as exiting as US Army posting a video "have you ever seen a drone droping a hand grenade?"
>>16766842
>>16766888heh. probably close to a thousand times. which is crazy now that I think about it.
>two weeksDepends on how fast V3 is ready. If the next V3 ship gets finished in time we will probably have a launch in less than 4 weeks from now. This was the last V2 they are launching right?
>turns OrangeThat was not supposed to happen.
Did Corn Husk say when the next flight is or what
>>16766830it's there so it doesn't land directly on the engine bells
>>16766894>orange ship bad
>>16766894DRUMPF made FELON turn the ship orange.... FACISTS!!
>>16766894Why did this not happen last time it landed? Did the previous front flaps stop the heat from reaching the back?
They obviously need to redesign the rear flaps.
>>16766894Quick rinse in the shower and it comes right off. Could definitely use a better rinse out before insertion.
>>16766901boink
welll shit what now?
>>16766809plenty of people will want to go. How do you think they colonized america?
>>16766894Imagine this thing lands and you are supposed to be going inside it with the heatshield looking like that for the next flight
>>16766906We go again
everyone is laughing at it for being orange but nobody is asking why its orange
>>16766902>Did the previous front flaps stop the heat from reaching the back?Yeah most likely
Orange Fool
>>16766889Hey neat it's my pic
>>16766903The rear flaps did perfectly except for a tiny bit of negligible burnthrough on the rearmost edges. The tiles on the other hand still need more work>>16766894
Thank you webm anonAlways incredible quality
>>16766910Didn't you see the Mexican protesters spraying orange paint
>>16766911just insane that this wasn't fatal
At least they can improve the heat shield as they do Starlink launches
>>16766901pizza time
>>16766910Someone on twitter said that one of the exposed metal test plates they had was ablating away and the particles coming off speed-rusted in the plasma before being dusted over the downstream tiles. That's as good an explanation as we can really hope for at this point
>>16766911Yep, I'm going with attitude thruster explodedIt was firing at the time even
>>16766917If that part of the flap isn't needed, why is it there? What happened to the best part is no part?
>>16766894its the shiny metal reflecting the sunset
>>16766920the fact that it's not orange here means that it's probably reflecting sunlight or some shit rather than rust
>>16766911Are those engine coverings new?
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK I forgot about starship today
>>16766930You can see the orange at the forward aft flap root
>>16766915They had loadsof tiles missing on the belly so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that it would have worked if that werent thecase. the flaps on the other hand didnot have missing tiles but still had severe burnthrough. these flaps would not be reusable.
Nice I didn’t think the acting admin would give a shit but he tuned in
it rusted, mate. real quick like
>>16766934Oh thats the heatshieldI thought we were looking at the stainless side but in hindsight that would be stupid
>>16766930Maybe it's the bottom of the spacecraft we are actually seeing that's orange?
>>16766938?
https://x.com/DJSnM/status/1960512501524914351>There's a single frame which has the energetic event halfway through the frame due to the rolling shutter. The rise time to maximum brightness is about 2% of the vertical scan. Assuming it's reading out at 30fps the 'explosion' took less than a millisecond to go from nothing to peak brightness. I'm not sure it tells us anything, but it's interesting.
>>16766938he's stupid fuckface
>>16766939Carbon doesn't rust
>>16766886Isn't antares just an upjumped titan 2?
>>16766930>It's reflecting the Orange of the Indian Ocean
>>16766936>L O D S >OF >T I L S E >WHAT'S THAT SPELL? >LOADS OF TILES >probably
>>16766940You can see also rust deposited on the stainless side where the black coating meets it
>>16766947and f9 is just a big redstone
>>16766936They just need to change the geometry of the tiles. The next tiles will probably be slanted to have the rear part of its hinge in its shadow. Regardless, all the flaps were still working and mostly intact for landing, that is good enough for now
>>16766823ULA laser weapon
Dutch GP this week.... so that'll be exciting I guess
>>16766949stfu nigger.
>>16766938retard
retarded fucking jannies stickied this general and now there is no post history to get a link to videos posted ITT
sfg go make ur money
>>16766951>we've had reusable rockets since the 50sb a s e d
>>16766959what videos
yeah going frame by frame the rust line stays consistent throughout despite the shifting orientation. It's not reflection from the sun.
>>16766913i'm frustrated
So how badly will V3 shit the bed?
>>16766964Looks like it was caused by the metallic heat shield tiles breaking down.
>>16766966V2 but worse but will suddenly redeem itself in the last 2 flights before they move on to V4
>>16766823the reverb fart sound played in my head when this happened
>>16766966It will work perfectly
>>16766970the Scooby doo sauce bottle sound?
>>16766964also interesting. there are distinct fan patterns coming from each of these spots. >>16766950>>16766968this seems like the best answer
>>16766966Given that Elon is talking about a V4 starship, massively
>>16766964Actually, we can also see what exploded and where from that pic as it's coming down.That explosion was dead center on the bottom of the heat shield and yet the engines were still fine.
>>16766968what's with the black lodge tile?
>>16766975tbf they have like 1 ton of steel plates around the guts of the raptors on this particular starship
someone got an aerial shot
>>16766978not for V3 raptors though so this would have killed a v3 prolly>>16766980give us more landing shots the orange mystery must be solved
>>16766973I'd assume that's the heating tiles not getting fucked and being effective enough that just a few caused enough of a shadow to be noticeable.
>>16766968them shimmering in the sun during flight was incredible.
>>16766959>>16766963I meant to say links to streamsin case anyone case, this one is still live:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpmTivdrQiQ
icymihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvQ_3lLjksoI envy
>>16766972yeah
https://x.com/TheBrianGraf/status/1960495293600002356>Here's the SpaceX Starship launch as seen from the Turks and Caicos tonight
>>16766983are you sure it's a shadow and not rusty dusty dust coming from the corroding stainless fanning out
Full flow stage rotating detonation engines when?
>>16766990>SOME FOLKS ARE BORN MAAAAADE TO WAVE THE FLAG
>first starship payload deployment>only 1000 replies/sci/ is dead
>>16766960>disputed >going to clear order booksWith White people you lose
>>16766995newfag
>>16766995funny, I remember when 4chan introduced the 1000 post sticky limit feature a looonggggg time ago. I probably saw with my eyes the first time that joke was made. it was funny as fuck.that was like 2013?
https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1960495100242616644>Space X's Starship seen from Bayamón, Puerto Rico tonight
use this for new thread
>>16767001kitty unphased
>>16767001my cat would be trying to hunt it down
>>16767001kot
>>16766927it does look like that's what happened and it was just far enough into the atmosphere for the remaining rcs+flaps to compensate
godamn
>>16767002
>>16767012how 2 get full res
>>16767001STUPID fuckign cat not even watchingcats don't deserve spaceflight
>>16767010so we almost got speen
>>16766968so im guessing the test didnt go well?
>>16767016it went 9.5/10
>>16766926https://x.com/DJSnM/status/1960518549363155362>Alternatively, I suspect that this is actually something deposited on the surface of the existing tile, possibly from experimental tiles? There's a definite V shape which makes it look like it flowed back from a point at hypersonic speeds.
rainbow starship gay confirmedgayship
>>16767013his website and used a firefox addon called 'right-click boroscope'
>>16767021sonic rainboom
>>16767020They need to end the metallic tile experiments on aesthetic grounds alone
Observed flight anomalies:>One engine out on ascent>Damage observed in flight at back end of aft right flap>Rotation moment observed on deployment of back row of Starlink satellites>One door wall collision>Burn through on the rear end of the aft flaps near the hull>Substantial debris producing explosion outside the hull at the aft skirt area>One sea level Raptor did not appear to successfully complete chill down for the landing burn>Landing velocity appears to have been noticeably greater than 0 at touchdown>Metallic heat shield tiles broke down during reentry, staining the rest of the heat shield aft of those tiles in rust
>>16767027>One sea level Raptor did not appear to successfully complete chill down for the landing burn?
>>16767023oh fuck yeah that addon is exactly what I needed
>>16767026Or at least put them on the ass end of the ship
>>16767027>Metallic heat shield tiles broke down during reentry, staining the rest of the heat shield aft of those tiles in rustthis is the worst one
>>16767028One of the call outs in flight was that they'd finished the chilldown on two engines and were waiting on the third. I suspect the chill down may not have been able to finish because of the aft engine skirt explosion damaging the chill-in lines.
>>16767027shelon tusk said this or this is just your post anon?
somebody post the current SS/SH build status
>>16765930kek(2)
>>167670392nding
>>16767035powerful braps
>>16767038This is just my post. If you want to go back over the webcast you should be able to see and hear all of them with your own eyes and ears.
>>16767038It's my post stolen from the discord.
>>16767038No, I'm Spartacus!!
>>16767046It's my own post stolen from Discord thank you very much
>>16767044
How will muskrat react when the US government reveals they had space doritos the whole time?
>>16767057he's answered this before: really pissed off
goodnight /sfg/.
>Sharp dividing lines in colour are really weird - orange colour seems pretty strictly below payload bay, and payload bay is where you would put the actively cooled and other test tiles so you could look at the back side for burn through and not put tanks in danger. Methane water or ammonia probably best for active cooling, Water would produce more oxidation of hot stainless, but maybe problems with icing preclude its use.>This could be the end result of testing iron-alloyed metallic foil faced tiles (Kanthal or similar) Which is about the highest temp metallic alloy used in oxidising atmosphere furnaces.
>>16767060Good night
>>16767055rather dysgenic
Orange rocket… good?
>>16767059really? was it an interview or a xitter post
>>16767057when did he answer that?
>>16767067I think it was an interview where he was asked about whether he had briefed on any evidence of alien tech.
So is there actually a chance a few metallic tiles could conceivably lead to the entire heatshield being covered in rust or is this just cope to avoid the possibility that the vast majority of tiles got fucked and the ablative cover got used everywhere? The very bottom even looks like there could be steel shining through thinning ablative being almost completely burned away.
>>16767070TBFI dont see any reason why unelected sekrut club types would ever clue in the biggest blabbermouth in the space industry. he'd probably brag about government black projects to some e-girl hooker on twitter
>>16767072I certainly wouldn't tell him shit.
>>16767055This is what a /pol/ irl meet up looks like kek
>>16767073hence why he has no space doritos.
>>16767071That’s cope bro, the atmosphere isn’t going to reduce a few tiles and get an even spread across the entire belly like that. The TPS got raped and it ate into the ablative layers. Tiles have a long way to go
>>16767071No that's probably it.The shit streaking is in a V-Shape originating exactly from where the metallic tiles are and going downwind.
>>16767057if they had this they would use it
>>16766926What about the white at the top. Magnesium?
>musk cracked the whip and finally demand a good flight againRecession indicator
https://x.com/mcrs987/status/1960526768844234783>Offshore Supplier currently following something drifting in the same direction as the wind and surface currents . Starship may still be afloat
Qrd on the mission? I fucking overslept and missed the entire launch sequence
>>16767099It went up, it came down. Starlinks went out, engine relight in space was performed. As far as I know, they've met every test objective they need to meet before putting things in space.
>>16767079pointed out the same here>>16767083they probably have..The same way they used the f-117 in combat way before it was ever made public. The same way the the pulse detonation engine aurora is still not acknowledged to exist even though we have evidence that test flights were conducted.The only difference is admitting we have dorito opens up a massive can of worms like "gosh we have been lying to the american public for 80 something years, sorry 'bout that."
>complete success of a starship launch1 xeet>uk immigration policy slop100 xeetsexplain urself musktards
>>16767103he's broken
>>16767103You're Indian.
>>16767103flooding mars with indians is a great way to make it even more uninhabitable than it already is
TOTAL SPACEX SUPREMACY
>>16766858Beautiful
>>16766858THE MONEY SHOT
>>16767106kek
was elon musk there or did he fly back home yesterday?
Don't bet against SpaceX!
https://x.com/NASAWallops/status/1960530190871732533>We’re LIVE with our static view of the launch pads at Wallops for the TOMEX+ sounding rocket launches. There will be no commentary for this stream, but you can listen in on our range countdown and science updates. Currently, we are waiting for weather conditions to improve in the Wallops area before we announce a launch time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZigVCaGq64
>>16767114its just not the same
>>16767114range is red
>>16767114nice a firecracker for desert
>>16767114>NASA Wallops>Sounds like we'll have another update in a half hour and see what the clouds are looking like. For now, enjoy the bouncing wizard!
>>16767114MORE FUCKING CLOUDS MESSING WITH LAUNCH WINDOWS
9m was a mistakeshould have been 12
Shortest interval was between flight 5 & 6 of 37 days and to beat that flight 11 will have to launch latest October 1st.Do you believe?
next starship launch when?
>>16767122October skies, anon. We will see another launch. Scrubtober fags get OUT
>>16767122I think it will be 2 weeks
>>16767114why didn't spacex have a bouncing wizard?
>>16767103The UK needs to purge all its migrants so it's kinda important
>>16767074Not nearly enough brown people
hello? can someone answer my question?
>>16767133Perhaps. What is your question?
>>16767135was elon musk there or did he fly back home yesterday?
>>16767137why do you carethis ins't /elon/. We hardly talk about the guy.
>>16767137Check the elonjet account to know
>no one's talking about the engine out on ascent
Starship’s tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas, taking a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle. Every major objective was met, providing critical data to inform designs of the next generation Starship and Super Heavy.The flight test began with Super Heavy successfully lifting off by igniting all 33 Raptor engines and ascending over the Gulf of America. Successful ascent was followed by a hot-staging maneuver, with Starship’s upper stage igniting its six Raptor engines to separate from Super Heavy and continue the flight to space.Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster completed its boostback burn to put it on a course to a pre-planned splashdown zone. The booster descended and successfully initiated its landing burn, intentionally disabling one of its three center engines during the final phases of the burn and using a backup engine from the middle ring. Super Heavy entered into a final hover above the water before shutting down its engines and splashing down into the water.Starship completed a full-duration ascent burn and achieved its planned velocity, successfully putting it on a suborbital trajectory. The first in-space objective was then completed, with eight Starlink simulators deployed in the first successful payload demonstration from Starship. The vehicle then completed the second ever in-space relight of a Raptor engine, demonstrating a key capability for future deorbit burns.
Moving into the critical reentry phase, Starship was able to gather data on the performance of its heatshield and structure as it was intentionally stressed to push the envelope on vehicle capabilities. Using its four flaps for control, the spacecraft arrived at its splashdown point in the Indian Ocean, successfully executed a landing flip, and completed the flight test with a landing burn and soft splashdown.Over the course of a flight test campaign, success will continue to be measured by what we are able to learn, and Starship’s tenth flight test provided valuable data by stressing the limits of vehicle capabilities and providing maximum excitement along the way.
>>16767147>>16767148so... i guess we'll have to wait until flight 11 to fully figure out what those anomalies were
>>16767146Yet another thing in common with Starship flight 4.
>>16767146>oh no a single raptor failed and it had zero impact on the missionanyway...
>>16767150>>16767146Speaks to the resilience of the design. These engines and their routing are fantastic. We haven't really seen "knock on" effects, with engine failures causing other engines around them to also fail.
>>16767154true... but I'd rather not have engines going out be a regular occurrenceI hope Raptor 3 fixes this lol
>>16767156I mean that is the beauty of it, we can expect engine reliability to improve (may increase suddenly or very slowly)but the ship itself is insanely sturdy, and the systems resilient enough that having debris fly off doesn't automatically mean total disaster. That is a level of resilience possibly greater than current commercial aircraft; although a few bits can break/ fall of of them as well.
>bump limit reachedgonna make a new thread
>>16767161Wait to page 10.
>>16767161fuck off newfag>>16767162or image limit, which may come first
>>16767164>or image limit, which may come firstcorrect
>>16767114https://x.com/NASAWallops/status/1960544117747814409>Science Update: We're getting closer but we still have clouds hanging around in the Wallops area. Science conditions are looking right for what our scientists want to see, but they need clearer skies in order to see the vapor releases.
>>16767168I made this template btw. no one ever uses the full template for some reason
>>16767170Neil deserves better than being at the top, but it can't be denied.
>>16767171I meant the little dudes on each of the tiers. drew this in GIMP back in what, 2015 or something?
>>16767154I suspect many of these are actually the engine self-detecting a problem or faulty sensor and shutting itself down, much like modern airliner engines do.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHI THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SCRUB AND I MISSED ITAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
>>16767178>tfw you oversleep the two scrubs and wake up at t-14 for the successful launch attemptfeels good man
>>16767178hahaI had work but i watched it on my phone in secret
https://x.com/dwisecinema/status/1960550477017370882>Starship Flight 10! What a success!!! And with it, I've captured what has to be my favorite ever slow-mo liftoff footage!
>>16767151>4% probably of critical failure on use.No biggie.
>>16767185thats why they have engine out capability retard
>>16767169https://x.com/NASAWallops/status/1960553966300721614>Science Update: Looks like the science conditions have trended toward not what the scientists are looking for, and we're also still seeing clouds in North Carolina and at Wallops. We'll continue to keep an eye on things to see if they improve.
>>16767185>critical
>>16767187Their engine out press on Booster is two, depending on when it happens. Near Death Experience.
>the shuttle got destroyed by a piece of foam tile that hit itmeanwhile starship suffered multiple explosions and chunks of it falling off but still landed safely
So thunderfoot was right again
>>16767196So long as SAS is enabled
We're so fucking back
how do i make my own rocket? what is the easiest fuel to make that isnt shock sensitive?
>>16767208pressurized air
>>16767208nice try fed
Ship landing was fucked. I don't see them catching it anytime soon.
>>16767185it's not critical
>>16767210but that doesn't create a smoke trail
How would this flight feel if it were flight 7 instead?
>>16767216It would feel like a regression, but with mock sats
>>16767213What was wrong with it? I haven't rewatched the video but it seemed like it went smoothly.The flap/skirt damage is a problem, but it was apparently caused by the relight or some other issue.
>Sr. Principal Mars Landing EngineerWhat does SpaceX have this dude do every day?
>>16767225sweat bullets
https://x.com/planet4589/status/1960567723710144909>Fitting the part of the trajectory after the Raptor restart (which happened at 145 km on descent), looks consistent with a posigrade burn of around to 18 to 26 m/s with perigee from +40 to +55 km; say 47 x 220 km or so.
>>16767208rocket candy. not joking
>>16767225Coast on an easy job because Musk can't axe the position without it looking bad
>>16767223It was sideways
>>16767213Supposedly, they meant to do that. The final move at water landing is designed to snap the down comer and cause an explosion. To prevent a floating hulk in the Indian Ocean, and to murder as much sea life as possible. Because Elon hates all sea creatures.
>>16767244you have to keep them in check unless they rise up
>>16767076Wasn't that the point? A lot of the tiles were intentionally removed to get more data afaik
>>16767225wind tunnel studies on what the landing profile looks like when you can't belly flop out of not having enough delta V to slow downManned missions will not aerobrake to mars
Raptor is a piece of shit, not a launch without a failure.
>>16767258you tell em xister
today was a good day. hope has returned to the world.
>>16767265This has powerful Conestoga vibes
>wake up>put stream on>excited to see what happened>get spoiled from a youtube thumbnail in another window
https://youtu.be/kZw2vyZNz5I
>>16767289>scunt munleh
buy an ad
>>16766894metallic heat shield tiles on th end of the nosecone got melted and turned into rust which coated the rest of the ship, you can see the pattern originating there
>>16767027many of these are due to purposeful experiments
>>16766603I'm a simple man. I see orange rocket. I know it's bad. Starship is now bad.
>>16765595How exactly do you plan to identify him?
Wow. That ULA sniper is very dedicated to his job.
https://x.com/SpaceBasedFox/status/1960514669669712301
We're back on track for Mars 2026, r-right guys?
>>16766021Anon... Starship is for pLEO launches.
>>16767244no... not the seals... :(
>>16767244>y-yeah we meant to do that
sfg died out of excitement :(
>>16766894Ok. we solved why the body was orange. but why tf was the nose WHITE?
>>16766778Spaceflight is the most useless thing ever though
>>16766604We're going to Mars with our Asian gfs
>>16767225I thought Paul Wooster had that job?
>>16767242ship has been sideways every landing. idk how they will catch it without causing damage.
>>16766778If Taylor starts breed maxing she might solve the fertility crisis. This is much more important even to Musk.
>>16767430>Paul Woosteraka Musk 2.0, he even nailed the stuttering parthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Cz6vF4ONE
Imagine being European right now
>>16767280>wake up>put stream on, excited to see what happened>get spoiled from a youtube thumbnail in another windowYea I couldn't help but read that post in chop suey voice
>>16767445eurocucks always lose
>>16767280Kinda the same here. I wanted to put the live stream on, and at the same time read all the posts here one by one, so that it seemed like everything was in real time and synced. A Starship launch is not the same without the shitposts. Forgot to leave the update checkbox marked yesterday, and when I clicked on it everything broke (+1000 replies) :(
>>16767453now we get the whole circus again : )
>>16767462that picture doesn't have flight 5 or 6 or the upcoming flight 11 with starship v2
>>16767150>Airliner speeds to car speeds in ten seconds>All within half a mile from the groundHoly butthole puckering
>>16766700I don't care I want another flight now nOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>16767444Kind of sad how they dont even send him to the Mars Society convention anymore. Would be such a morale boost of Wooster was hosting the webcast when they send ships to Mars.
>>16767246Yeah I kind of take back what I said. I’ll admit the orange coloring does suspiciously appear to emanate from where the experimental metal tiles were placed
>>16767244You get that by hovering at a higher position, like they did with the booster.Starship seemed unable to hover properly and its position wasn't so accurate.It's one of things that make me skeptical about the whole tower catching idea, it requires insane precision or you fuck up the tower. With legs the margin would be less strict.
>>16767418tonight was a long day, /sfg/ needs to restsleep tight
>>16767444He's just autistic
>In the movie described as a slow burn, here is where the writer inserts the dramatic scene, a trope, a setup that’s too often used, because it works every time to great effect if done properly. The lid of a cylindrical chamber opens, a hissing sound as cool, white vapor spills out, lights flicker, electronic beeps and whirs as clamps release. Inside, a person. A close-up, eyes struggling to open, muscles weak. A pained voice asks, “How many years?” The faces look at each other, unsure if they should answer, but they do, “Twenty.” A close-up, a disoriented disbelief at the passage of time. Another struggle to speak, another question, “And how many times has Orion launched astronauts?”>Blank stares. For this question, how to break the news? It may be too much of a shock. Best the popsicle patient time-traveler rests up first. “There is time for all this, later,” says a soothing voice.Kino
couldn't w just built a spaceship so large that it has its own gravity enough to walk around like the moon? would probably have to be built outside of our system or it could throw a planet off orbit and that's a terrifying thought.
>>16767208make a nitros oxide / ABS hybrid
>>16767540Source?
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1960663664312086703also only about 4 months until SpaceX is the only entity to do this for 10 years
>>16767562/sfg/ The Motion PictureAlso fuck me I've been here too long
>>16767567no you see they were welcomed to the club
>>16767453The disintegration at sunset was spectacular C-Beams on fire off the Tannhauser gate etc
>>16767549Why would W want to do that
>>16767572that look on the dude's face
>>16767583I see it
one interesting theory I just saw is that SpaceX might do a tower catch on Flight 11 due to Tower/Pad 1 being configured for V2 and Flight 11 will be the last V2so it doesn't matter as much if tower 1 gets damaged (though I would guess there is a risk of damage to the tank farm and so on with a failed catch attempt)but you have to test it at some point, better to fuck up the obsolete tower than the brand new one
>>16767590Would be fun, and yeah make use of what you got
WOW!
>>16767610WOW!
>>16767610The worst part about these ARROWS and RANDOM captions in titles and stuff is that they actually work for viewership. Same with asking you to like and subscribe, everyone hates it but people actually like and subscribe more
>ywn be a rocket scientistWhy live
>>16767610Hey hey!
>>16767445it's okay, you don't even notice eventually.
>>16767619works for the retarded masses, makes me skip it entirely
>>16767590I don't get it. they already did a tower catch, proving that basically it is possible and it works. what else do they need to do, and why?
>>16767641they caught a booster, not a ship
Alright fellas, now that flight 10 was an unqualified success, what do we expect to see happen on flight 11?
>>16767567https://x.com/eager_space/status/1960702065984069750
Most important news of the day:Clear revealed that she is forklift certified
>>16767644ah, duh. I seewhat mechanisms do they have to catch the ship??
>>16767265>fallout new VegasWhy are trannies trying to claim the only good modern fallout when there was no tranny devs or anything tranny about the game?
>>16767655Because if you like something thats good then you automatcially like troons Thats really the effort
>>16767645RUD on the launchpad
>>16767645They should start demonstrating the reusability aspect of Starship
>>16767447>WAKEUP>MAYBEWECANSIPALITTLEMETHALOX>HOPEWEDON'THAVETOSCRUBALOT>MAYBEWECANTESTNEWTHERMALBLOCKS>YAWANTEDTO>SURVIVETHEFIRSTSTAGEUPTOMAXQ>YAWANTEDTO>PUSHINTHEENVELOPETILLTHEDATASNEW>I DON'T THINK YOU TRUST-
sex
>>16767443At her age how many non retarded children can she even have?
>>16767652Oh damn.>Staplerfahrer Clear
>>16767653something similar, its just that the ship has to come back from orbit and still be controllable + a bellyflop manueverSpaceX just landed its 400th Falcon 9 booster, so they have a lot of experience with boostersnone with shipshttps://x.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1960124126737166606
>>16767666lewd
>>16767671probably a lot with her money
>>16767666checked
>no lewds yetdisappointing>>16767675oohh, so close.also:did the flap get fucked in the explosion(?) or do they just need to get it over with and make them/their ends detachable/sacrificial?
>>16767675wait... so they will catch the ship from the flaps? are they reliable and strong enough for that, even after all the destruction from plasma?
>>16767675Nigger says nothing of value and retards still post it hereI hate you faggots
>>16767701no, it gets caught on little hinges poking out just like the booster
>>16767571What schizo babble is that?
>>16767691Is this some distortion from the camera or is the Starship really bended like that?
>>16767691Why'd it turn orange? Somebody draw Starship-chan with a sooty face, like Elmer Fudd when the gun goes off in his face.
New wallpaper
>>16767562https://x.com/eager_space/status/1960460260038336921
>>16767717either one of the test tiles ablated all over or maybe the intentionally removed tiles plasma-fucked the stainless steelor some people think they could have intentionally used some kind if dye shit to show off the reentry heating levels
>>16767590I think testing insane landing profiles again will be more useful to them than having the worlds largest dildo
>>16767652Clear please, you can't get any more best girl
>>16767704i was simply searching for the video, that was the first thing that came up
>>16767649I wonder if he's invested in Stoke.
>>16767652I bet Japanese forklifts are tiny and cute.
Russian space chan seems to talk about Thunderfoot more than you. They call him вpoтмнeнoг (which means legs in my mouth? idk)Overall tone seems to be more embittered about SpaceX than before.
Huh, they're calling what I took to be an attitude thruster that exploded an "engine chill vent"
>>16767758who is “they”?
As impressive as it is, that ship landing seemed really "last second". Can't they make it smoother and more controlled like the booster? How do they expect to catch it with people inside it when it's doing such a suicidal maneauvre.
https://x.com/supersonicflipz/status/1960599529138373041
>>16767759The Jews.
>>16767760The just need to tune the PID but it's probably not a priority until they haven't locked in the flaps' geometry
Why are ULA, Boeing, Below Orbit, etc. all so far behind in rocketry? Shouldn't their institutional knowledge give them an insurmountable edge?
>>16767766
>>16767445Any particular reason I should be imagining such a terrible thing?
>>16767776spreadsheet management is incompatible with the risks which are necessary to take to move fast
>>16767776they have institutional knowledge on how to milk cost plus contracts
>>16767710lurk moar, and watch "Bladerunner"
>>16767758>attitude thrusterwhat made you think that's what it was?
>>16767760The "last second" flip is designed to be violent. It snaps the down comer, causing an explosion to destroy the vehicle. A tower catch would be slower to avoid that.
>>16767453>Skips the v2 Starship exploding on the ground partially fueled. Just -- sitting there.
>>16767793Based on the intermittent firing of the one opposite
>>16767742Spoiler alert/spoonfeed for those who don't know: he is.
They didn't have the G-forces indicator for all the reentry, but max was 2.3g, which is a bit higher than shuttle but still pretty low>>16766990No free fireworks for these lazy islanders
Are they going to explain what went wrong with the previous flights and how they fixed it?
>>16767857how's the weather in Shenzhen this time of year?
>>16767857Musk explained that in his technical twitter spacex talk.No actually he just spent time posting grok coomer pics and complaining about British immigration policy.
how are people like thunderfoot or bezos going to cope when Starship finishes teething, enters normal production, and achieves a standard launch tempo?
A GEM-63 was salvaged post-flight https://x.com/JerryPikePhoto/status/1960760362279542791
>>16767863Claim that it isn't profitable and runs on investor money and government kickbacks. Just like they do with F9 now.
>>16767863they'll just move the goalposts again
>>16767863its goalpost moving all the way to the million people city on mars (it was too late, so it doesn't count anymore)
>>16767860genuinely curious, that's all
>>16767445Imagine thinking about europeans right now.Probably better than thinking about China I guess.
>>16767864Is that the gem that had an observation on vc2 or do they all lose their nozzle like that when they splash down?
>>16767857Anon I...
>>16766882Are you one of those retards that has a chip on his shoulder because of the other political aisle and fell so far down the contrarian sinkhole that you think a dictatorship is a good alternative to democratic process?Go live in one of those shitholes for a while, it’ll change your tune real quick.
>>16767878I have no idea and don't know how we could tell.
>wings torn>still landsThe soul of flap-chan lives on.
It must suck so bad to be a Body Odor engineer, you FINALLY achieve the ground floor achievement of 'orbit' and your "rival" (lol) is testing...this.
>>16767885starship is such an emotional rollercoaster but all the ruds before seco are worth it for the times when a flap pulls through
>>16767865So the 100+ flights a year of F9 are all just a fake money pit?
>>16767883It's just autism.>If people couldn't vote then the most qualified people would spontaneously work together towards my preferred outcomeAnd then 100 million people die. Don't let autists near politics. Distract them with rockets or something
>>16767883preventing citybrain retards from voting can only be a good thing
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1960786031567102283
>>16767883Ascendant dictatorships are desired and lauded because when they're used correctly with a man of integrity and will at the helm, they are capable of rapidly fixing the degenerate conditions of democratic systems. If you aren't truly, fully committed to the idea of Democracy, for whatever it means in your own mind, people can be more than happy to switch.
>>16767885flap-chan likes it rough
>>16767894>t. pic>>16767899>if we get lucky with a specific guy it goes greatif only there were a way to lose the luck factor and collectively choose the best man for the job
>>16767905>if only there were a way to lose the luck factor and collectively choose the best man for the jobYou say that ironically, but I agree with it literally. Elections don't choose the best candidate, only the most popular for a given time. This inevitably means that whoever can mobilize supporters with promises the best will eventually win any electoral system. When this inevitably breaks down, Republics fail. When the Republic fails, it is either destroyed or evolves into an Empire.
>>16767905honestly communism is a perfect example of why you dont put liberal retards in charge of anything even remotely related to food
>>16767894we can give him the benefit of the doubt and say he doesn’t know why different fields have different amounts / patterns of snow on them, and not why rectangles exist.
>>16767912you would be surprised just how dumb some people really are. especially people who think everything is beneath them.
>post ift sticky /pol/ shitflinging I'll be back in a week
status of flight 11's starship? is it fully constructed yet? any static fires?
>>16767920They installed the second aft flap today.
>>16767920>>16767923
>>16767894So i’ll take that as a yes, you’re a mindfucked contrarian retard who’s been duped into thinking dictatorships resemble anything close to functionality and stability.
>>16767923is the main body at least fully assembled?
>>16767926Yes, the main body is fully assembled and has been cryo-tested. The ship needs to be static fired.
>>16767899>if we get lucky it won’t all turn to shitYeah a big problem is that 99% of the people in a position to take power and rule absolutely like that are the exact same powerhungry faggot politicians with psychopathic tendencies that make people tired of or hate democratic institutions.
>>16767927thanks
>>16767924will flight 11 happen before the end of september?
>>16767930Maybe
>>16767928This is why nobody in their right mind should cheer for revolution, but sometimes you have to deny the evidence of your eyes and ears to think one isn't likely to happen.
>>16767925not dictatorship, just a limited democracy. fun fact. the US used to be a limited democracy where only landowners could vote.
Redemption arc incoming? (probably not)https://x.com/sciguyspace/status/1960801115504607698
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/russias-state-run-human-spaceflight-company-may-be-near-bankruptcy/>The chief of Russia's main spacecraft manufacturer issued a dire warning this week, saying that his corporation has reached a "critical" condition and cannot continue in its present state.>"The situation is critical: multi-million dollar debts, interest on loans that 'eat up' the budget, many processes that are ineffective, and a significant part of the team has lost motivation and a sense of shared responsibility," wrote Igor Maltsev, chief of RSC Energia, which is located near Moscow.
>>16767937>>16767938Dawg they’re so broke they can’t even afford the little environmental assessment Kazakhstan requested for the planned Baikonur expansion
>>16767894I was also surprised to see this when I first flew on a plane.>citybrainDoes America's voting system literally make city people's votes value less?
>>16767943yes because they are completely out of touch with the rest of the country. they think food magically respawns in the grocery store.
>>16767938>In his message, Igor Maltsev spoke of the company's "multimillion-dollar debts" and emphasized that "the groundwork created by Sergei Pavlovich [Korolev] and developed by our general designers - Mishin, Glushko, Semenov - has been exhausted by now." He noted that in recent years, "promises for all major projects have proven unfulfilled, all deadlines have been missed."Wouldn't be so far off the truth in the US without startups.
>>16767953Mmmmm nah, these are two complete separate problems.
>>16767954Both have their money going to line up the pockets of the big boys and not used efficiently to advance the space program
>>16767943Yes and it’s a good thing (unironically)
>>16767955Yes but America actually ends up with a product that works better than any other, given a decade or two of the same side hustling and pocket-lining.USA oldspace vangaurds just suck because they are incentivized to go slow and fill jobs that Congress likes. But the talent is still there. Plus even a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the huge US budget still means a shit load of money, and that tap can be turned way up if desired.Meanwhile russia has the economy comparable to that of Italy, already don’t thrown much of that money to space, are corrupt from the top down (in USA it is an unspoken agreement that it is happening, in russia it isn’t known until a commander has to report that food and bullets aren’t reaching the front lines because 20 people up the chain of command have been ripping eachother off and pointing fingers at eachother when the house do cards comes crashing down)Also lol russia is so retarded that they bankrupt state-owned aerospace companies. In america you have companies that at least turn a profit and make a product, eventually
>>16767955In russia you get exploding upper stages and holes drilled in modules and Orel that never sees the light of day.In America, even without SX and other startups, you still get SLS and Orion and something like Alpaca or LockMart’s lander or some similar derivative
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/the-first-stars-may-not-have-been-as-uniformly-massive-as-we-thought/ tl;dr since they only list the reason 2/3rds of the way through: contrary to prior expectations that only super massive stars were able to form in the early universe because of hot molecular hydrogen pushing lighter clouds too far apart to fuse, lower mass stars may have formed in the early universe because when helium hydride forms with helium and deuterium, the molecule undergoes a nuclear reaction that produces H2. Molecular hydrogen is very efficient at radiating infrared, and that may have accelerated the cooling of the hot molecular hydrogen enough for lower mass clouds to coalesce and start fusing.
>>16767938things'll get better for russia after the war ends. they'll have a surplus of people with practical experience in engineering and rockets who have nothing else to do. it'll be a second space age for them.
>>16767717Now draw her shitting herself
SOVL
>>16767610There's nothing to explain
>>16767961Interesting, this seems straight forward, at least the way you described it. Surprised someone didn’t propose this concept like 50 yrs ago.I wonder how accurately you can extrapolate the proportions of early universe hydrogen, helium, and lithium—and the rough ratio of protium+deuterium+tritium that existed when the first generation of stars were forming
>>16767963Ukraine (yuzhmash) has famously had an abundance of super smart scientists, but no money or resources, for like 20 or 30 years now. Can’t rebound from being broke even with world-class talent
>>16767691>dragon dildo landingWhy is it bent?
orange status?
>>16767974
>>16767972Buoy cams have always had these artifacts. Idk if it’s because they are bobbing in the water or what.It really does look like a floppy dildo though lol
>>16767863They'll just find the next thing to complain about. Do you think people (shitskins) who lack the ability to understand the concept of iterative testing have the foresight to see how their argument will inevitably fall apart?
>>16767976Rolling shutter on a moving object.
>>16767978I guess like why helicopter blades and plane propellers look silly on digital video
you are orange because you are bad, i am orange because i am good. we are not the same.
>>16767963>>16767971we should scoop up all their best scientists like we did with the nazis
Neutron pad at night.
There's no way any billionaire is going to Mars unless they can bring a whole city of slaves to rape, exploit, murder, and rape with impunity from the distant governments of Earth. Only the hardest of hardcore greasy holed sluts would be happy to find themselves on one of Elon's slaveships while not being one of the billionaires.
>>16767977There are people out there who were unironically claiming yesterday that the flight was an “obvious failure” because SS exploded after water landing and tipping, and that “other companies don’t explode their second stages”These niggers must be retarded. Literally every single employee at SX knew this was going to happen.It comes from a place of EDS malice and blind hatred (or, just willful ignorance)
We will never have cities on Mars. We will have permanently crewed outposts, but nothing bigger.One rogue nigger, and believe me, there will be a lot of niggers, is all it takes to destroy the whole thing.
>>16767978yeah, CMOS shittiness
>>16767982There’s speculation from the CIA that they sold tech and schematics to china and north korea. But china didn’t want to import the scientists directly becuase they want their CCP space program to be a pure han-chinese initiative. And even the most desperate Uky was smart enough to know better than to relocate to Pyongyang, NK
>>16767985I for one volunteer to be raped and exploited by billionaires in exchange for a ticket to mars.
>This slide needs an update, but gives a rough idea of what we’re aiming for with V3 and V4.>V3 should be built & tested (maybe flown) by end of this year. >V4 is 2027. Probably closer to 150m height and 7500 tons.
i hope someone is working on a starship space station. not spacex or nasa, someone else.
>>16767992Wait, I thought V3 was supposed to be the elongated version?
>>16767992>V1 ~15 tons>V2 ~35 tonswhat a gay world we live in
>>16767992make it 12m already
>>16767987Someone from 1925 would shit bricks if they saw the technology we had here in 2025, and that will likely always be the case for humanity and our tendency to simply explode exponentially in technology and capability. What you consider fringe and difficult now will be made easier in 100 years. Hell if we took a time machine +300 years into the future we would probably not even recognize the shit humans use in their day-to-day lives that they consider mundane and boring. Mars is the next best option to earth and even if we see a mars landing in our lifetime that’s just flag and footprints and we ultimately give up on it, I think our great-great-great grandchildren will for sure give it a second go, or a third go; or we extrapolate far far far (again, very far) into the future where Earth actually DOES start running out of resources and the economic viability of NEEDING to expand to space for resources exists
>>16767992
>>16767983It's hard to observe.
What’s the general consensus of /sfg/ these days on Neutron?I used to be so hyped for it but now it feels like it’ll be blah
>>16768001>Someone from 1925 would shit bricks if they saw the technology we had here in 2025they would say “what do you mean you gave up on airships? they were just getting so good!” just like we will say “what do you mean you gave up on the mars colony? we were so close”
>>16768004it stands to be about as good as falcon but a day late and a dollar short. at least it’s novel.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1960816999371825302>Starship catch is probably flight 13 to 15, depending on how well V3 flights go
>>16768005Airships solved the problem of slow water cruise liners but came with too many strings attached, and was eclipsed by the extreme proliferation of airplanes in the great war and even more so in WW2.Manned rockets solve the problem of going to another solar system body and what the fuck else would replace it? A QI drive? No, the answer is making rockets cheaper and reusable and going to mars is still the ultimate goal here
>>16768010Is the next flight the first planned V3 test?
>>16768012Flight 11 will be the last Block 2.
>>16768010gay, but it could be less gay if they go orbital and deploy starlinks, just expending the ships.
It's quite amazing that he only streamed the successful flights. He must be in gigacope mode right now.
>>16768000they can't. everything is designed around 9m. they would have to start the whole program over again and redesign everything
>>16767992who the fuck are you quoting
>>16768010how it'll actually goflight 11 - crash into oceanflight 12 - explode over caribbeanflight 13 - explode over caribbeanflight 14 - crash into oceanflight 15 - crash into oceanflight 16 - crash into gulf of americaflight 17 - miss catch*one year passes by for reconstruction*flight 18 - crash into oceanflight 19 - crash into gulf of america*watch china successfully put people on the moon*flight 20 - catch
>>16768013Lol so basically he means>let’s see how Flight 12 goes, then we’ll decide if we’re catching on 13
>>16768021Social credit +1One yuan has been deposited to your account.
>>16768016Bwahahaha. I still think about the first splashdown>aaaaand there it goes, looks like it explod— oop okay they landed it. Okaaaay, wow.He was trying to cope on live stream for his little audience of vermin and haters
>>16768020Myself
>>16768021true.
>>16768021they caught the booster first try
>>16764680Uhh... Elon Musk's word believers........
>>16768033>15T to orbitNigga…
>>16768035That's V1. It's already gone.
>>16768035Starshit has the same performance as Neutron KWAB
>>16768033
>Starship is NOT a SHLV>Starship is NOT a SHLV>Starship is NOT a SHLV>Starship is NOT a SHLV>Starship is NOT a SHLV>7000 tons of thrust for 15 tons to orbit>7000 tons of thrust for 15 tons to orbit>7000 tons of thrust for 15 tons to orbit
>>16768033>15tlmaoooo. it really was obvious to anyone with eyes though. why do you think none of the competition seem worried about Starship? Even ex SpaceX engine guy Tom Mueller quit over Raptor and acts in his business dealings as if Starship won't work.Starship needs a complete clean-sheet redesign.Remeber when Musk was saying the upper stage by itselfwould be nearly capable of being an SSTO? Those were the days.
1 banana to suborbit
>>16767992How exactly is V3 supposed to have more than double the payload capacity of V2?SH V3 has only 10% more propShip V3 has only 7% more prop
>>16768040when will doubters learn? musk is never on time but he always delivers
>>16768043More engines?
why does elon always give the starship presentations? why dont they have one of the people at spacex do it?
>>16768043v1 probably couldn’t even do fifteen, the numbers are fudged this is classing Melon Eusk handwaving
>>16768044>Less landings than last yearIt's over.
>>16768046Because he’s le chief engineer and only does these presentations when his autistic hyperfixation flares up again
>>16768046Because he is such a good talker.
>>16768050lol
>>16768038OMG... its true....>>16768037Copium. There will only be incremental improvements from here. Only so muchyou can squeeze out by growing the size of the fuel tanks. Realistically if V1 could do 15t then they are bullshitting about V2 performance and it can only do 25t. V3 will be 35 ish. V4 may be surpassing 50 which is still laughable and means it's competing with New Glenn.BTW LMAO at the v4. 'V4 will save us'. LOL.
>Those tiles could also be aerodynamic flow visualisation experiments. F1 Teams use oil based paint to correlate on track airflow to their windtunnel and cfd data. These could be the hypersonic reentry equivalent of these flow-viz paints.https://old.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1n1lsfr/starship_orange_discoloration_compared_with_test/nazrxyn/interesting
>>16767897
>>16768054
Wait this nigger is now trying to claim that the brief jargon during the live stream was THE “technical talk”???(also gay ass twitter now automatically throwing “X.com” on your screenshots as if it isn’t obvious)WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM
If the upper stage was hydrogen it would have much more payload
>>16768046Only he knows what info can be shared to the public since he decides that on the spot. You think there is a policy that clearly delineates what are company trade secrets and what they may share. lol
>>16768057it was obvious to us watching it at the time
>>16768057https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1960818570197393735He’s getting dogpiled
>>16767938>soviet empire falls apart>keep spending on space like they're still an empire>repeat for 30 years>add a stupid attrition war>wonder why you're always broke
>>16768043More prop and V3 Raptors have better performance. And the payload fraction on rockets are low, so doubling means a jump from 1% to 2% or whatever. Not a jump from 10% to 20%.
>>16768032First attempt was a wave off for tower issues, air.
>>16768065Prove it
>>16768067No. But there are calculators that allow you to plug in the numbers. Every Gay Astronaut and Marcus Hey Hey House use them in their vids if you want to try.
>>16768065When V3 engine and ship are only an incremental improvement you will be saying v4 engine and ship will be what saves starship. The fact that they are already planning ahead for a v4 and have massively downgraded the promises of v3 should be a massive red flag. it will be the same for v4.BTW over the development of falcon9 they only managed to improve the payload to leo by ~50% from first launch to bloc 5. How do you expect them to do far better whilst having an inherently high dry mass upper stage?
>>16768073Spaceflight is all incremental. That's why rocket engineering gets so exotic at time. When you're scrambling for every ISP, you actually start to think Fluorine rockets aren't such a bad idea.
>>16768060that's why i was whining so much during it, at least
>>16767863The usual, of course.When SpaceX does something:>it's already been done before, nothing new.When SpaceX still hasn't done something:>it's never been done before, it's impossible.
>>16767992STOP ITERATING ON THAT PIECE OF SHIT STARSHIP AND JUST MAKE A NEW SHIP WITH A BIGGER DIAMETERI swear to god Starship is going to kill SpaceX not because it works but because as far as I can see it's the last thing they plan to make.
>>16767998In full reuse with an overweight Starship.
>>16768086elon got bored with spaceflight because he didn't go 12m on the diameter
How long do you guys think it would take them to rebuild the entire stage 0 and launch infrastructure so that they can start producing 12m-wide Starships? 1 year maybe? The amount of LOX and CH4 needed would be quite an issue I guess.
>>1676808618m diameter starship would be kino.>will never tip over>compeltely weather resistant, can launch in a blizzard>actual room to extend the tanks over its service life without turning it into a pencil.
>>167680942 weeks
>>16768053>means it's competing with New Glenn.even if starship only ever does 50 tons it's still 50 tons fully reusable and will completely undercut glenn which so far has launched 1 (one) time after like 2 decades of development
Honestly why even bother with upper stage catching on Flight 13 or whateverHLS won’t be reusable and the architecture for the next 10 years is gonna be F9/dragon for manned launched and landings with docking of any manned Starship in LEO. Why bother testing SS catch when the TPS is like 5+ years (a decade, even) from working
>>16768094Also, I would really like to know what goes through Elon's mind right now when considering this possibility. He's talked before about skipping the 12m configuration entirely and going straight to +18m. So perhaps he thinks the 12m version would be a waste of time if you might as well go bigger after you prove that your designs work with the 9m version. He never falls for the sunk cost fallacy, so I'm really confused.
>>16768043>How exactly is V3 supposed to have more than double the payload capacity of V2?V1 and V2 have lots of excess dry mass (primarily in engine shielding and the hot staging ring) that V3 saves.
>>16768094Prolly a year and a half or more. Bad for artemis and more importantly fatal for SpaceXes valuation during private funding rounds. They really can't at this point. The switch should have come as soon as they made the transition to stainles. The only reason for the small diameter was because they couldnt make large diameter carbon composite tanks.
>>16768101why bother making rockets when the US government has reverse engineered space doritos?why bother going to space when the aliens are going to show up in april 2026?
>>16768103It’s probably worth it at this point to get the current 9m variant working as best it can, get it up to F9 cadence, or at the very least optimize factory production and output for it, and only then scale up. Things will still have to be tested wnd changed for any larger variant but you’ll do a bulk of the R&D on 9m so you aren’t blowing through as much raw material like steel and fuel on something astronomically huge
>>16768100>fully reusableThe Starship upper stage will not be fully or rapidly reusable. You would have to be a child to think that at this point. Remember that it uses the EXACT SAME matrial as shuttle for it's heat shield. You know, that shield which took hundreds of man hours to maintain after each flight?
>>16768107Eh good point
>>16768112I can't tell if this is a shitpost or if you are being serious here but I think it's been basically confirmed by SX that the TPS is a big piece of shit right now and it's a>we need to improve it, but we'll get to that laterkind of situation
>>16768112>the falcon 9 will never be reusable. you would have to be a child to think that at this point.
>>16768103It should be based on some major advantage you get for scaling upLike if an 18m starship can launch in high wind but a 12m can't, you do 18
IMO SpaceX does plan to move to 12m in the mid/late 2030s. But they seem comitted to 9m at least until the first human landing on mars, so 2031-2033, and add like 3 years for the infrastructure adaptation...
>>16768110>so you aren’t blowing through as much raw material like steel and fuel on something astronomically hugeYeah, I believe this was the main advantage of having settled with the 9m version. It's a bummer, but oh well, really hope that they made the best decision.
>>16768114Any ideas how they will fix it? No, me neither.Active cooling on the belly would be way too heavy which is why they abandonned it, and reentring on an actively cooled aerospike would require a complete redesign of the whole vehicle and the development of a new engine. Starship shuttlification is not a shitpost it's a fact.
>>16768117you fucking dunce, tell me when they reused the upper stage like they used to promise?Oh, but you're a newfag who doesn't know they promised FULL and rapid reusability with Falcon a decade before Starship.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX2-qEC7P_I
>>16768124They did, I am convinced by the fact that it is still just barely larger than Saturn V, SLS, New Glenn. 9m is already large. The 15T to LEO metric is hyper gay but I think similar to how they maxxed out Merlin and Falcon, they really will get 9m Starship to 150-200T with Raptor autism, incremental changes, etc.And there is absolutely the possibility that, if Elon and Gwynne are serious here, there are hundreds of these 9m being built and launched into the 2030s and so much mass will be going up into LEO and Mars orbit at such a fast pace that 12m/18m won't even be needed
>>16768010When is first Starlink deploy? Actual orbit?
>>167681322 weeks
>>16768001>Someone from 1925 would shit bricks if they saw the technology we had here in 2025They would shit bricks in the 1940s, 1960s, 1980s too
>>16768132I'm really hoping it's Flight 11.
>>16768131>but I think similar to how they maxxed out Merlin and Falcon, they really will get 9m Starship to 150-200TDeluded.V1.0 falcon could do 10,000 kg to orbitBlock 5 after a decade of development doubled to 22,000kg if not reused.You are literally calling for a 10x. No comparison to the 2x of falcon.
>>16768132>When is first Starlink deployH1 2026https://www.starlink.com/updates/network-update?referral=RC-516239-11127-5>SpaceX is targeting to begin launching its third-generation satellites in the first half of 2026Probably on the 2nd V3 that works... like the previous plan with V2 earlier this year
>>16767943Anyone who's seen the edge of a field on the ground would know what they are looking at
>>16768129you missed the point. everyone doubts spaceX but they always deliver. Transforming the impossible into late is still a big deal. They will reuse a ship (eventually). It will happen. just like every other "impossible" thing they've done
>>16768138The ceiling for improvement potential in Falcon 9 was low. They couldn't make anything too much longer and they can't make the stage wider because of the infrastructure transport constraints.
>>16767445>my feet hurt>I want to go home but the migrant in my house is also having a party and my feet will hurt there too
>>16768131>12m/18m won't even be neededThey will be quite useful for manned trips beyond the Moon, though with this kind of thinking one starts to get lured into the whole built-in-space-ships 'tism. Future Starship variants will serve as ferries that go from low orbit to surface, sure, but in the meantime a single all-purpose ship is all we have, so might as well make it as comfortable and (reasonably) large as possible.
>>16768142>you missed the point. everyone doubts spaceX but they always deliver.>always deliver.I literally just showed you an example of them not delivering. It's like you are immune to reality.
>>16766164reusable rocketsexpendable tiles
>>16768155Upper stage reuse was indeed an abandoned effort because second stage reuse on a rocket as small as Falcon 9 meant zero payload. The rocket equation is a bitch, and upper stages are trading viciously between dry mass and payload capacity; every ounce is equivalent in impact. But the dry mass on Starship is fucking enormous, so there's a huge amount of trade space in which to realize potential gains.
>>16768155gosh almost like plans change or something? they will reuse a starship and you will look like an idiot for doubting.
>>16766164SSTO space dorito that uses MHD or electro gravitics
Does SpaceX plan on constantly maintaining a network of depots that Starships going beyond LEO will just rendezvous with and top off whenever they happen to launch? Or will every individual payload SS be manifested with a handful of fuel ships that only launch around it specifically?Basically the question here is if "depots" will be their own thing that constantly get visited by tanker flights and random missions, or will each Starship "mission" have dedicated payload+fuel ships
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1960712894019985678>The orange color is vapor deposition from the metallic tiles having the outer layer ablated by plasma. Only the outer layer erodes, so the metal tiles are fine, but not only that, the layer of oxides forms a protective orange sheath on all of the tiles covered by the deposition. The performance benefit was amazing! So amazing that we're still rechecking the results to make sure there's no error. It feels too good to be true, but I'm optimistic this discovery is the breakthrough we needed, but it's going to be hard to accept the starship TPS will now be orange. It's going to be hard to see on mars haha
>>16768057>not using the twitter app
>>16768165Brah if he is right then I have never been this BTFO before, I was fighting so hard yesterday that this couldn't be the case lol.Also huge discovery if what he is saying is true. He's either just exaggerating right now, or perhaps they just had yet another miracle and the TPS has fundamentally changed. I have butterflies for their final analysis on this
>>16768165>ORANGE ROCKET GOODWE GAAN
>>16768165>>16768166>>16768170He's trolling you, it's fake. The post is about global fertility rates.
>>16768169it's over
>>16768169Try actually clicking the link
>>16768159I don't doubt they will reuse a starship. What I doubt is that it will ever be fully and rapidly reusable. It will be an incremental improvement on shuttle, and expendable uppers will still be viable in the market.>>16768158I know. Yet they promised and did not ddeliver which was the point I was making. SpaceX promises and does not deliver all the time.
>>16768172orange you glad
>>16768165haters will say its fake
>>16768165ok now explain why the nosecone is solid white. where did the tiles go??
>>16768165Had me hopeful haha.
>>16768172should be a minimum 30 day ban for this shit. its too common around here.
>>16768184don't be a retard who takes 4chan posts seriously without double checking them
>>16768184Have to admit it's funny as fuck though, grade A trolling. I'm the guy being doomer about Starship yet even I had a twinkle of hope in my eye for a moment before I clicked the link.
>>16768184somebody's mad they clicked and didn't receive their krystal porn
>>16768189Not him, but Krystal porn would have been more fun.
>>16768189yeah, me
Can someone explain to me how between V2 and V3 they trile the payload without the vehicle getting significantly bigger?
>>16768020Elon
>>16768204The blackpill that killed /sfg/.
>>16768202the ship is heavy and fat because it's still in development and very new. they are still figuring out where they can trim weight. V3 engines alone will remove a ton of weight since they weigh less than the V2 and dont need the metal shielding that v2s need
>>16768202mostly engine development & optimization
>>16768210They had to add a fire suppression system after Flight 7, which probably ate several tons of payload capacity. Raptor 3 should eliminate about 6.8 tons of dry mass from the ship, which I'm sure is coming right back in the tank extensions that increase the payload capacity to 1600 tons if they haven't decided to nix that change, but the thrust to weight ratio should improve regardless. Gravity losses are probably still going to suck, though.
>>16768204im expecting fantastic things out of V3 if true
>v3 rolls out for its maiden flight>"this is it guys, this one has a 100 ton payload capacity">explodes>add 20 tons of dry mass>explodes>add 20 tons of dry mass>"V4 will fix this guys"
>>16768204elon using the word 'maybe'? it's over
>>16768235its been known that v3 wont fly this year
>>16768234lol. funny cuz it true.
>>16768237butthe 25
waitwaitwaitwaitElon's chart admits that even v2 is only 35 tons?shit
>>16768245You can figure 5 or 6 (or maybe more) of that was cut out of the design after Flight 7. Prior to that, it was presumably 40+ tons.
>>1676824125 includes scrubs and wet dress and static fire
protoplanetary disk! https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adf721/pdf
>>16768255no technosignature = no care
>>16768255magnificent. im guessingthe bright thing is a superjupiter?I hope to see more direct images of other solar systems in the future.
>>16768237I think they will get flight 11 sent ASAP so they can start tearing apart and rebuilding launch pad 1. It sucks, its obsolete, and they want it gone, so they need V2 ships gone sooner rather than later. S38 maybe will go to a useful orbit and kick out some real V3 starlinks for testing, then crash land the final V2 ship, try to recover it for inspection, and move on from a real turd in the prototype series
Any news on the schizodrive?
>>16768256don't worry anon the techno signatures will come soon.
terminus should be like Cypress Creek
>>16768262going up
>>16768257approx 5 jupiter masses apparently. read the paper!
>>16768259funny how the narrative changes. not long ago spacex shills were freaking out at anyone who dared say they needed a flame trench. now here we are.
>>16768262useless. All propulsion and energy generation methods are lackluster compared to ZPE tech locked up in lockheed martins asshole
>>16768270we still dont need a flame trench. they are just making excuses to not try.
>>16768270That's because Elon told everyone the water cooled steel plate would be "overkill" and fix everything.His engineers cringed the whole time and said "Yes, Elon, there are no flame trenches or even landing pads on Mars">>16768276Landing on Mars will require very heavy payload penalty extra engines mounted high up, like Artemis, or else there would be devastation, rock tornado, landing in a self excavated crater and tipping
>>16768278>Landing on Mars will require very heavy payload penalty extra engines mounted high up, like Artemis, or else there would be devastation, rock tornado, landing in a self excavated crater and tippingor just use parachutes
>>16768282>deploy parachutes>land at the speed of sound
>>16768282or they could just build a resilient landing pad using 3d printer bots and in situ regolith? they can be autonomous or remote controlled from mars orbit.All it would take is getting to mars orbit which is doable. starship doesn't need to land just deploy the robots and have them land using skycrane like they do with rovers.Once you get your construction bots to the surface they can scoop up regolith and start constructing a landing pad for the first real starship landings>>16768282parachutes alone won't work.
>>16768302Nigger, even fondag, the highest strength refractory concrete available on Earth, is not capable of withstanding raptor blast, even from a greatly elevated platform. A well prepared launch pad could avert ship damage when taking off, but that shit is going to be single use and ruined, and your fueling infrastructure likely damaged toothe whole situation sucks, think about it
I don't know shit about shit but I'm calling lack of a pad on moon or mars a solved problemYou use high thrusters to land and take off. For take off, once you are high enough off the ground you fire the main engines.
>>16768316if the v4 ship has a wet mass of 2400 tons then it's going to need the equivalent thrust of at least 3 raptors for takeoff from the martian surface. do you want it carrying around that much extra mass in the nose?
>>16768307The first ships are going to be one way cargo missions no matter what.All you need to do is successfully land enough ships with payload intact to start constructing infrastructure. They can do this by paying another company like firefly or intuitive machines to build a dedicated mars lander which gets deployed by starship to the surface of mars, carrying construction robots capable of building scuffed, but good enough, landing pads using in-situ materials. Once you do that you can start landing huge amounts of cargo in waves like musk wants. The ships are then converted into prop tanks for fuel production since they are just glorified prop tanks anyway. There is also the idea of converting them into habitats but that is way more work than it's worth vs just delivering and deploying prebuilt habs built by other companies with built in life support and other amenities. the gap years between cargo waves is setting up habitats, power, fuel production, proper landing pads, everything you need for the first human mission.
>>16768307A concete pad on the moon would do better because of how dry the moon is. IFT1 bloewup the pad because it instantly vaporised the groundwater under the concrete
>>167683193 raptors for TWR greater than 1 or to get into orbit?Regardless you don't don't have carry that much fuel down to the surface. A landing starship should be pretty dry and refills in mars orbit before going back to earth
>>16768324if you think it's easier to do a bunch of tanker flights from mars to LMO and back than it is to build a pad then sure. maybe you're right but i doubt it. a pad would probably be very easy compared to the solar arrays needed for ISRU.
>>16768330>solaryou think we're gonna use pussy energy instead of chad nuclear? starship can easily carry a small nuclear plant to mars. there is even a company looking specifically at doing that iirc>>16768324why the fuck would you refuel in mars orbit. you aren't sending any ships back AT ALL until you actually need to (people on board) and you aren't doing that until you have actual infrastructure which means you already have a marzilla tower and ISRU prop production.
>>16768339>you aren't sending any ships back AT ALL until you actually need to (people on board)Then you aren't taking off either and there's nothing to discuss
>>16768307Specifically for the taking off part, you could do a barebones launch mount on one end of a big counterweighted vehicle that suspended the ship off a slope or cliff or something.
someone suggest some movie to watchI watched Contact the other day and it was nice. previously I only remembered how beautiful that movie was, but not the whole story
>>16768345outland
>>16768339>you think we're gonna use pussy energy instead of chad nuclear?elon certainly does. if he's wrong then cool.
>>16768343We can indeed utilize the geography, and blast off a notable cliff, because there are no environmental Nazis on Mars yet, and no natives that worshiped goddamn everything they saw, and say is fucking sacredBut still the challenges are quite huge, landing on foreign bodies is going to be a hard as fuck lesson to learn with some tough payload penalties and extra effort for something already super hard
>>16768341No shit I'm not the other anon>>16768351elon is wrong about solar. Solar is shit in every metric imaginable when it comes to large scale energy generation. It's nice for low power applications or distributed energy generation for homes but it SUCKS for grid scale energy. more than half the time is spent not doing anything because of weather conditions and night time, so you also need a fuck ton of batteries to compensate. You also need a huge amount of land area.Nuclear, especially next gen reactors, have none of these issues and have several orders of magnitude less footprint.>>16768343again though WHY do you need to take off. what upmass do you need to put into orbit? There is zero reason to reuse cargo starships going to mars. we can make hundreds more easily here.
>>16768345Me with blade runner and 2001: a space odyssey (and probably Villeneuve’s rendezvous with rama movie, if that’s still being made)
>>16768357For an "easy" landing solution, spam unmanned cargo ships at an area carrying the parts to build one of those multi-tower cable catch system designs. Execute the flip maneuver at a higher altitude (to deplete fuel and disturb the ground less), then descend at minimum possible throttle and try to run out of fuel just at or before touchdown. Make the cargo durable enough to deal with the ship possibly falling over while a little bit on fire, and send quadruple redundant parts in case some percentage of even the hardened cargo is lost. Either build the cable catch complex with Optimus (unlikely), or send some crazy bastards (not hard to find) on the first wave in hardened crew compartments that can survive a soft crash landing.
>>16768359>again though WHY do you need to take offSending back people. Sending back scientific samples. Point-to-point transport on Mars itself.
>>167683451000 Players Simulate Civilization: Rich & Poor
4 min to a sounding rocket launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlCo7JNxTYQwe love our sounding here
>>16768345communion>>16768370yeah see my prior post where you dont do people until you have proper infrastructure. If you REALLY want to get people there as fast as possible then just follow mars direct 3 and have starship ferry a decent/accent stage that is way smaller and wont have the aforementioned issues with taking off from a preconstructed scuffed landing pad
also, 30th f9 booster reflight coming up in 4 bongs
anyone here ever watch Enemy Mine? that was a weird movie.>>16768348>terrornah>>16768365>blade runnerwatched is a couple of years ago. I still don't remember the story kek>2001: a space odysseyguess I'll watch this one. thanks anon>>16768373u wat>>16768376>communion>It tells a story of a family that experiences an extraterrestrial phenomenon while on vacation at a remote home in the wilderness.no thanks
>>16768380communion is peak Christopher Walken kino. besides it's all real which makes it even scarier!
>>16768374>>16768374>>1676837450 secs!
>>1676837430 seconds!!!
what a cute lil rocket
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>>16768374>>16768390how many rockets do they have?
>>167683933
>>16768066no that was flight 6
>>16768394about to launch the last one
3/3
is the florida starship launch tower built for v3 or v4?
>>16768401v5
>>16768413sure is windy up there
>>16768405why stop at V5?
Is there any word on how long the pez dispenser satellites took to burn up or where they were supposed to burn up?
>>16768416they didn't burn up fast enough and crashed back into starship's skirt
>>16768415Was literally just about to post this kek
https://x.com/davill/status/1960854370431709263in other news new glenn conducted another static fire
>>16768421Wow watch out spacex, three more GS2s are on their way to disrupt the market sometime in the next three years!
>>16768417fake news>>16768421for flight 3 btw
>>16768421shouldn't they be launching rockets?
>>16768415What does v8 taste like?
>>16768425>New Glenn: 1 orbital launch>Starship: 0 orbital launches
>>16768428Highly processed fruit juice
f9: 500 launchesNG: 1NG landings: 0I just don't care until they start launching
>>16768421dave limp just like their rocket program >>16768429spacex will have over 9000 launches by the time NG reaches current falcon launch amount
>>16768439what 9000? there's no way that can be right
>>16768439
blue obviously needs to team up with china if they want to face spacex
>>16768440BONG can't even launch twice a year and space X launches over a hundred a year now.by the time NG reaches 500 launches at their launch rate, even accounting for production ramp up, space X will literally be in the thousands of launches
>>16768445something like 30% of their workforce is stuck on new shep. I wonder if that is draining talent that could be put to Glennyes I made that number the fuck up
>>16768428Cold tomato soup
>>16768003
>>16768320>All you need to do is...The Military would love a system they could air drop on Earth to have robots construct A SeeBee style airstrip. Hasn't been done. And that task would be infinitely easier on Earth close to resources and support than on Mars tens of millions of miles away from everything.So, maybe it's not all that easy.
Hypergolic monopropellantIgnites on contact with vacuum
>>16768345Aniara
>>16768255>we can photograph planets one million LY away>but not alpha centauri for some reasonWhat the FUCK are they hiding from us?
>>16768455lel
>>16768345The Right Stuff. - It's about the early space race, the Mercury program, and the test pilots that were recruited.Titan AE - a fun animated movie where the Earth gets destroyed and a dude goes on a journey to find a starship that has the power to create a new planet for humanity.Space Mutiny (MST3K version) - A so bad it's good movie about a mutiny on a generation ship.Teenagers from Outer Space (MST3K version) - Another so bad it's good movie about alien "teenagers" that are seeking to conquer Earth that invade a small town Forbidden Planet - A classic of Golden Age Sci-Fi movies. A US Space force ship lands on a remote planet only inhabited by an eccentric man who's discovered an ancient alien machine.
>>16768463>Forbidden PlanetAlso stars Leslie Nielsen in a serious role.
>>16768053That's not how it works retard
Hello goyim, whats going on in spess?
https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1960869497155277118>BREAKING: SpaceX has announced that @Starlink now has over 7 million customers, up from 6M in June 2025 and 5M in Feb 2025.>Starlink added a record 12,200 new customers on average per day since they hit 6M. That growth rate is 23% higher than it was just 2.5 months ago!
>>16768515https://x.com/Starlink/status/1960867340951937239
>>16768509Falcon 9
If V2 won't be caught, and V3 won't fly until flight 13, then what the hell are flights 11 and 12 are going to be about?
>>16768524where are you getting that?Flight 11 is probably going to be a V2 stack, Flight 12 will be the first V3 stackFlight 13 might be the first one caught (also v3) depending on how Flight 11 (with v2) and Flight 12 (with first v3) go, some of the data gathered from V2 ships is of course going to translate into V3 ships as wellif things don't go perfectly then it might take until Flight 15 to catch a ship the first time (or later if they just keep exploding)
My greatest fear is V3 going through the same charade as V2. Aka "explode after staging - lose control after staging - lose control on reentry - succeed".
>>16768524>>16768526specifically if you refer to this >>16768010flight 11 can't be a catch because its still v2, they don't want to try to catch it on the maiden flight of the new version (flight 12 with first v3) and subsequently depending on how well v3 performs they might try to catch it on the second flight of v3 i.e. on Flight 13, but if something goes wrong then they will need to fly more times
>>16768515Even pessimistic predictions see Starlink pulling ~50 billion in revenue with a ~25% profit margin by 2030. Most other predictions are multiples on that revenue. Is Starlink just going to be hoovering up a trillion a year in pure cash by 2040?
So uhhhhh, what's the purpose of IFT11 again?Do the same thing again while stalling for time so enough Raptor 3s can be produced for IFT12?
>>1676854611 is truly a cursed number for Starship.
>>16768546They could do an actual orbital insertion and deploy some real next-gen Starlinks now that the raptor relight test is done.
>>16768546test a different flight envelope, do some more tile testing
>>16768557Wouldn't that require them to make a new flight plan though and thus a whole new long-ass bureaucratic review process?
>>16768560meaning they could go even more aggressive, remove more tiles
>>16767974orange rocket bad => starship bad now
B1067 just became the first booster to reach 30 launches and landings. I wonder if they'll push for 40 now?
>>16768562Also overflying Yucatan and Central America soon after launch. Would want to have confidence they aren't subject to steel rain.
>>16768468He made his career in serious roles, he did his first comedy with the naked gun when he was already old.
>>16768278>Landing on Mars will require very heavy payload penalty extra engines mounted high up,Not if this guy pour some concrete and make a landing area.
>>16766874Right to property and free market. Stuff normie elected politicians are always trying to erode for because muh feels.
Do they even need moving aft flaps? Why not fix them in place like a mini Shuttle wing and have the front ones provide control? Shuttle with canards.
>>16768165>not even a krystalpostYou absolute nigger.
No one posted this yet? Guess it isn't that interesting then.Kiko Dontchev SpaceX's VP of Launch Highlights Starship program, Florida plans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3tmZCjpMf8
>>16767885CnC constructed fins.Not Computer Numerical ControlConsentual Non Consent.
>>16768630You can control roll pitch and yaw in any direction with no engine power using four moving parallel control surfaces on each corner, but you can't with just two
>>16767890That seems to be what Tf00t believes.
>>16768575they already said they were certifying for 40, they will want to get there to beat the shuttle with the most reuses
>>16768630They are needed for the flip. If you were landing nose-heavy then it wouldnt be possible to do the flip without retracting the rear flaps.
>>16764680Someone make a third /sfg/ thread please.
>>16767897Actually nuts how close the outer engines are
>>16768057When will people realize that Musk is a con artist?
Staging>>16768701>>16768701>>16768701
>>16768702>page 7
>>16768707>image limit
>>16767925We used to not let women, blacks and other undesirables vote, every addition to the sovereign franchise has caused the country to go further to shit>hurr if you don’t let 78IQ shaquanda have the same political power as a 130IQ rocket engineer then u are le evil dictatorship Kys, we lost the republic like Rome did and are suffering the exact same fucking fate.
>>16768709don't care, newfag, rules are rules
The rules are gay who gives a shit if we knock off some garbage /sci/ thread anyway the board is pure whole grain concentrated dogshit>t. Been here before Falcon heavy and this generals creation
>>16768715rocket engineers are mostly democrat btw.
>>16768717Your rules suck.
>>16768727you really are a dejected little scumbag. I really advise you shut the fuck up before I get mad.
>>16768457thanks for that rec, and now I know where the "Aniara fleet" reference comes from in Vinge's "A Fire upon the Deep"
>>16768760Notice how everyone wordlessly agreed to move on to the new thread. The thread making rules are there for the benefit of us, and staying in a thread that reached the image limit isn't. Only a moron who unquestionably follows some imaginary dogma would want to stay in this thread until page 10 just because he is "supposed to". Also, I'm not even the one who made the new thread.
>>16768536well, yeah, that's the whole point. Starship dev and Mars colonization doesn't come cheap! That's why they print the Earth-Mars transfer orbit on every basestation.
>>16768468I will never not be angry that they never did a parody of that with him. Something like "Prohibited Planet", it would have been ebin.
>>16768717It's only because the mods made the thread a sticky, which drops it on page 1 with most of the image limit used up.
